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If you haven't considered a big wheel kit with anti-ratchet combo drivers, perhaps
you should today. |
Consider the following:
A track has fiberglass rods
crossways every 2.52" or 3", making it very stiff around each rod for an inch or so. The track
doesn't want to bend in these areas. Bending these stiff areas
around a small idler wheel takes valuable horsepower. Using a
larger diameter eight-inch wheel
causes the track to bend less, reducing drag, allowing the track to roll freer
and making more power available for the "woo-hoo".
Running with small
idlers and stock drive wheels is kind of like having your parking brake
partially engaged.
If you use an anti-ratchet
combo driver, you can run your track much looser without ratcheting.
A looser track flows around the bigger idlers even easier. A well
known performance
shop observed a track speed increase of 5-10% with the bigger wheels and
combo drivers. The bonus from using big wheels to increase track speed is that you
increase performance without affecting the life of your engine.
Go for it! You'll be glad you
did. Woo-hoo! |
