As near as I can tell the weights for solo haven't changed Gary.
GaryK wrote:
So I take it the wheelbase part of the equation doesn't exist anymore.
An 80" wheelbase Kawasaki powered car can weight 700 lbs. The same as
a short wheelbase car.
Right?
Thanks,
Gary
At 09:24 PM 4/20/2006, Richard Schmidt wrote:
This is great news, but (you just knew there would be a but), I still
don't
think it will even the playing field in road racing.
First of all, it is not that easy to lose 50 lbs. Just ask anyone on
a diet
! All of the cars out there are designed to weigh 750 with a reasonable
weight driver. I don't see how you can get a car down to the 700 lb
mark
and not reduce the structural integrity. When I first raced my F500
with the
Kawasaki, I had to add ballast. That all changed with the change
over to
four link suspension and the added bodywork to get the aero working.
I am not the familiar with the new chassis, but I suspect they are
all being
designed for the 493 engine and thus would not be able to get down to
the
700 lb min.
Just one more small change, allow increasing the compression ratio to
about
9:1 on the Kawasaki. This would be so easy, just mill some metal off
the
head, reshape the dome, and presto, a 90 HP Kawasaki !
Ofcourse some clever chassis designer, Jay are you listing ?, could
build a
new chassis just for the Kawasaki using all the improvements learned
over
the years, but apply it to a car designed for a engine from yesteryear.
Richard
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 3:13 PM
Subject: Re: [F500] 440 vs 494
> Effective May 1st, Kawi's can run at 700 lbs for even more fun!
>
>
> Stan
>
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