Joe and list, I personally autocross a 88 Red Devil with Kawasaki 440 power. The cost of converting my car to rotax is around $2000. That alone is not stopping me from road racing. The cost of road racing is stopping me from doing it. Here is what I see......$250 entry fee, $200 worth of tires used (approx), $100 in gasoline to get to the road race, $150 motel bill, $75 in meals, etc. Basically a $1000 weekend, if I dont break the car or its motor. Very expensive stuff. I can do a local autocross for under $100 (me and my wife , both) using the same expense areas, just smaller amounts. Road Racing is expensive, its the nature of the beast. If I was a road racer, I would want to do 8 to 10 races a year. That amounts to $8000 to $10000 a year!!!!!! That is a rich mans game, sorry. Bill Schmidt 88 Red Devil Kawi
>>> "Joe Palmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 01/13/07 7:03 PM >>> If I had a Kawi on a Road Race set-up and I could make such adjustments to keep-up with the Rotax and add to the F500 numbers, I WOULD MAKE THEM AND GO ROAD RACING! . . thus immediately challenging the SCCA rules that restrict it ON THE KAWI. . . if it allows the Kawi's to be competitive and have fun, but not beat the Rotax's, then where's the harm and why would the SCCA or F500 competitors have reason to take any action other than rewriting the GCR to allow it? Furthermore, being a Rotax Road Racer, if a fellow competitor showed up with a tweaked Kawi and gave a good run/race, I'd be the first to support this driver and his right to race with the local and national SCCA. I know down here in TX, if the fellow competitors spoke to the steward and said we support our Kawi driver and his set-up, then that would be that. . . I know the argument against such an action would be the "possibility" of the "super-Kawi". But I think that's a different thing than being suggested here. So, the question is . . .would this REALLY get many Kawi RR cars onto the tracks? Shiny Side Up, Joe Palmer TX Novakar #56 ----- Original Message ----- From: "edward capullo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 9:20 AM Subject: Re: [F500] Need Tips Re. Install Crankshaft in Kawi. > JV > A good book for you to get and read in whatever spare time you have is > > Two Stroke Performance Tuning by A. Graham Bell > (since he is UK guy I wonder if he isn't related to the Scot Alexander > Graham Bell who invented something..) > > I have read this book twice now and particular chapters 5-6x. It does > mention timing specifically. > Again reading this book I wonder why we are stuck with these stupid engine > mod rules. If we could modify the Kawi to get the same HP as the Rotax why > not? Then we all can run at the same weight and it might bring some Hangar > Queens out of the garage. > Ed C. > > >>From: "John Vriesinga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Reply-To: [email protected] >>To: <[email protected]> >>Subject: Re: [F500] Need Tips Re. Install Crankshaft in Kawi. >>Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:14:17 -0500 >> >>>You could spend a LOT of time playing with a dyno trying to chase >>>the variables. >> >>I gotta learn to drive before that would be of any use to me. 8-) >> >>Thanks for the tips Dave! >> >>JV ________________________________ 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! ***
