New belt design

[Matrix2004]

Hi all, a new belt design is comming in 2012 that will (theory) have 10% less power dissipation in the accessory drive..

i think that i should mention it here.

If you want more detail, you should check that very good mag in england.

Engine Technology International p78

Thanks

[Frank Lee]

Engine Technology International - January 2011

It says accessory drive accounts for 13% of an engine's frictional losses. They've reduced losses by using a more flexible material and a lower profile (thinner) design. I think it's kinda splitting hairs but hey, why not do it anyway if you can?

[fusion210]

That's pretty cool, for ecomodders and horsepower junkies alike. Now people can add low drag belts to their mod lists.

[Matrix2004]

Hope it will sell for the same price?
It is better then nothing..

[cfg83]

Matrix2004 -

Originally Posted by Matrix2004

Hope it will sell for the same price?
It is better then nothing..

I hope it will be made for old cars like mine. I think they are mostly targeting OEMs. If an engine is losing 13% to a traditional belt and these are 10% better, then that's 13%*10% => 1.3% improvement. The implication is that if one of us was getting 50 MPG at 35 MPH, we could get 50.65 MPG at the same speed.

CarloSW2

[Frank Lee]

^I don't think we can infer that. The engine would lose 11.7% to frictional losses instead of 13% with these belts but that doesn't translate to engine efficiency or even fe gains of that percentage...

[cfg83]

Frank -

Thanks for the correction. I'm just shaving percentages of percentages whenever I get the chance.

CarloSW2