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Old 05-02-2009, 10:45 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Hi,

A chain would require that everything be more perfectly aligned. Plus, changing the tensioner over may be a very tough thing to do -- don't most chain systems have the long curved "teflon" tensioner; while belts have a spring-loaded pulley? How would you securely anchor the tensioning hardware to the block? As someone already mentioned, chains require lubrication.

What are you trying to accomplish, again?
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