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    Posted: Jun/09/2013 at 7:33am
I want to know if Toroidal CVT ever used in Baja competition. If not then why? Which company is using it and in which model. 
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There is no comercial Toroidal CVT suitable to small engines. TO use this system you will have to do your own. 

NSK made some research about it, not sure if is available for selling
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote 222sumitmittal Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: Jun/10/2013 at 8:24am
would you please help me to know the reason for why it is not suitable for small engines
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No reason, just there is not available one small enough.
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OK, Thanks for the help.
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I think my team made one around 2003... I don't know if it worked good or not, but it was heavy.
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how much heavy it would be and if you know which material was used for that?
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I don't know the exact weigth of it, maybe 35-40 pounds. And aluminum and steel were used, but I couldn't tell you more about it.
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ETS won the East race and was 3rd at the Midwest race (don't think they went to West), so I'd say they toroidal CVT wasn't too bad!
 
Second hand info, but I was told he won some kind of national (Canadian) engineering award for his CVT.
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After little search, I found something about it in a design report of 2001, and they finished 2nd in the east and 3rd in the mid-west, so it must worked good enough, but I won't post any data or picture of it.
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I'm curious to see how looks a toroidal CVT in a baja
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