Sounds good. I would like to know the weight of your 8FS. You will get a little closer once you put the B-W-B spring. I would scotchbrite the sheaves and go for a good run and re post the pics.
Once you get the Daltons you most likely will go down in weight a little due to the profile. I bet you will be around the 65 gram range with the Daltons.
Stop and feel clutch heat as well.
I too don't break belts in. Put em on and abuse them ! 45 bucks US is cheap !
I have 55 miles on this belt so far. I'll buy a digital scale tomorrow and post the weights of the 8FS's and pics of the clutches.
Right before I headed back to the truck I gave the belt hell and looked for heat/trackspeed/RPM.
Heat: After about 5-6 back to back pulls on a steep hill with VERY setup snow (6 inches of fluff on top of cement base), I checked the clutches and they were warm at the top of the sheaves, and hot but didn't burn my fingers at the base of the sheaves. Before the clutching changes I could spit on them and it would instantly boil. The primary and secondary feel close to the same temp to the touch.
Trackspeed: In these snow conditions the trackspeed isn't very relevant because I want deep powder performance and this was anything but that. Perfect snow conditions to break in a belt though. Pulling a steep slope in fresh tracks I was seeing 38-40 mph.
RPM: Right now I'm taching the same on flat ground as I am on a steep pull and that's right around 8000-8300. Still off base but I'm waiting for my primary spring to adjust my weights.
Still using the 14.5 rollers right now. When we get some better snow conditions and I have my other primary spring along with rpm's in check I can make a better comparison. As of right now I will say I
think the 14.5's are better but I don't think they are worth the extra $90 so I'll probably end up sending them back also. Again I'm going to wait for the right snow conditions to make up my mind for sure.
-Justin