Wayne Jesel is one of the coolest guys we see at Bonneville, and this year he got his brother Dan into the 200 MPH Club. Dan runs Jesel Valvetrain Innovations. He must be cool, too, because the company is now making affordable cam belt drives for common V8s. They are $695, about half the price of the more hardcore stuff.

Here’s the official news:

LAKEWOOD, NJ – JESEL is introducing a new
cost-effective series of camshaft belt drives that utilize a one-piece
upper pulley in place of JESEL’s traditional pulley/spider arrangement.
It is more efficient to manufacture and easier to use, but still
retains all of the functionality of the original JESEL belt drive
design. Quick cam timing adjustments of ±8-degrees, easy cam swaps
through the front cover and a 25mm reinforced High Torq Drive™ are some
of the key features. Jesel’s belt drives are stronger than chains and
gear drives, and help isolate crankshaft harmonic vibrations.

Other standard features include bronze thrust
washers and high vacuum Teflon® coated cam and crack seals for years of
dependable service. The lower crank pulley is machined out of
heat-treated steel, and everything is held together with Grade 8 Allen
and Torx™ hardware.

JESEL’s one-piece upper pulley belt drives are
available for small- and big-block Chevy, small-block Fords and
big-block Chryslers. Accessories are available to run distributor
drives and fuel or oil pumps off the front of the cam. Prices start as
low as $695 for small-block Chevy models. JESEL’s traditional line of
belt drives for most popular O.E. and aftermarket blocks is still
available for the professional racer.

For more information please contact JESEL at:
1985 Cedar Bridge Ave., Lakewood, MY 08701. Phone 732.901.1800. Or
visit us online at www.JESEL.com