Why would they not be as simple with bike motors? There would no clutch to tune, no jets to monkey with, and if guessed wrong now, squeak!!!! There's no temperamental 2 stroke.... Sorry, the only logic that follows is that it may be more simple because people are used to the shuffle, and afraid of the unknown.... CR
fmod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Because with a bike engine these cars will not be the simple formula car that they are now. If I wanted a car with a bike engine I would find a Formula Ford that needed an engine and gearbox and put a bike motor in it! That would lower the cost big time for driving a car like that. But putting the bike engine in a F500 will bring out all the extra cost that everyone forgets they get started on the car of their dreams. Before I would put a ton of money into my 89 Zink I would take that hard earned money and find one of the newer cars like Jay's or from Q! Also, there are places I have run in a Solo II (non SCCA events) were in the average F440/F500 you always want both hands on the wheel. In Solo II not shifting is the way to go in these cars! Every you shift you add fractions of second which is the difference between winning and loosing! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Reinhardt" To: Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 11:24 PM Subject: Re: [F500] Official 2007 participation data > Bob, not to be an ass, but why do you think the sowmobile 4 stroke cvt > would be cheaper??? > > fmod wrote: John there is no one cheaper than me, but > many of us went to F440/F500 not > just for the 2 stroke engine, but the CVT! If I were a younger man and > were > going to me in this for another 20 years, I would push for the 4stroke > snowmobile engine very hard! It will not be easy to come up with the > correct size or engine to use, but by staying with the cvt concept it > would > still be a lot cheaper than going to a motorcyle engine! > > Bob Jordan > #5 NER SCCA fmod > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Vriesinga" > To: > Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 9:18 PM > Subject: Re: [F500] Official 2007 participation data > > >>> Wrong, the real starting point is considering which 4 stroke snowmoble >>> engine with cvt that we or future F500 owners are going to want to >>> use!!!!!!!!!!! >> >> I'm cheap. 8-) >> >> I figure it would be cheapest to get a motorbike engine, but a 4 stroke >> snowmobile engine could be interesting. > > > > --------------------------------- > TV dinner still cooling? > Check out "Tonight's Picks" on Yahoo! TV. --------------------------------- Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. ________________________________ 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! ***
