The production line (barely) is where we have looked in the past. We get an engine approved and within a year it's discontinued. Then we start the hand wringing, bike motor debates and everything else all over.
We are OK for the moment but we need to plan ahead... 5, 10 , 15 YEARS ahead. We need to streamline the approval process for new engines as well as get on the upside of the production curve. If we are in sync with the manufacturer it will be more likely that our demand will be in place to help an engine stay in production. Its already been said here that because SCCA dragged its feet on approval that nobody bought the 493. If Rotax has an engine in the prototype stage, say the 4XX, and we start the process with SCCA then maybe the 4XX will be approved by the time it becomes available. Something else we need is to stop worrying about parity. Lets face it these motors are all different from each other. But we can buy complete, new engines for less than other classes spend to rebuild. And with few exceptions almost any car can accept any engine ---- Chris Reinhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The drawing board is not the place to look, production line would better. > > CR > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I think what we need to be doing is talking to a couple manufacturers to > see what they have on the drawing board, scheduled for production to START in > the next 2 - 3 years. Then get those engines approved. You have a couple > years for SCCA to react and for people to reach the end of the service life > of their current engines. Also time for car builders to do their thing. This > way we will have a supply of engines, new engines, for some time to come. > > Allen > > > ---- Jan Schmidt wrote: > > I am surely jumping the gun here, but I can see it now... > > Weights: > > Kawi.........700 lbs > > Rotax 440..750 lbs > > AMW .......775 lbs > > 494..........800 lbs > > 493..........825 lbs > > Although it might be fairer to have the amw and rotax 440 switch > > positions (weights) > > Just a thought? I personally think it would be a fanstastic idea to have > > the Rotax 440 legalized. It is either that or look at Arctic Cat or > > Polaris. The Polaris company seems to be growing in leaps and bounds now > > that they make atvs and street motorcycles. > > Bill Schmidt 88 RD Kawi (not wanting more power, just wanting parity) > > > > --------------------------------- > Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. ________________________________ FormulaCar Magazine - A Proud Supporter of Formula 500 The Official Publication of Junior Formula Car Racing Subscribe Today! www.formulacarmag.com or 519-624-2003 _________________________________ _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! ***
