I found this very intersting.

http://www.goodyear.com/us/powertransmission/eagle.html

Looks like the loss is about 2.5%. With the Reno racer
and a 1000 HP only 25 HP will be lost in the belts.

Let's see at 746 watts per HP
that is 18,650 watts!!. A lot of heat. We better
pay careful attention to the air flow over those belts.

Cog-belt-eff.gif

Paul Lamar
 
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