Commanda;
Automotive camshaft timing belts, very conveniently, come in exactly 2:1 ratio and are cogged as well.
I have seen this mentioned a few times. My question would be "How long will this last in this application?"
Seems they usually have timing belts listed as a maintenance item for replacement at around 60,000 miles [about 96,000 Km] I see that as about 1,000 hours of hiway miles on the average auto application and that would be something on the order of 41 days of full time use. They are nice tough belts and I know of a few cars with over 100,000 miles on them and never had the belt changed, too.
Anyone have any figures on this? What kind of power can they be trusted to transfer, etc? Apologies if this has been covered and I missed it, too.
Cheers.
TomW