Steven, I did 4 years AMA road racing, another 15 or so building motors, single, twins, fours, 2 stroke singles...... Set numerous track records and championships... I have a 05 CBR600RR for reference, in a KBS chassis. The oil pan is too deep, maybe not on that R6, but the king of the hill is the Kawi 636 and the CBR, they both have deep pans. The f2/f3's have a flat pan, but the motors are too long to fit between the roll bar and rear axle. CR Steven Dodd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Chris, Assumption on your part !- Yeah I have a 04 R1 motor available for reference. So I do understand my bike motors. My bike experience-Six years of CMRA_WERA motorcycle roadracing w/ heavy emphasis on endurance racing. 4 more years of AMA. I do know these things. I can tear down a Yamaha in my sleep coupled with several ounces of Scotch.-haha And yes, I know the annual cost (Nat'l/Regional) for pistons for my Rotax has been less than half of cost of my four cylinder Yam, Hon and GXR motors (also GasGas). I know yearly piston cost for J. Palmer, who has gone to runoffs for the past two years is: 1 piston for three seasons on his Huelings. He does use near stock jetting and non Wal Mart premix !!! So, we know Palmer likely shopped E-bay and got a deal-Whats that add up to? 150 bucks w/ rings over a three year period. Maybe spend the cost for a new Huelings and sleep well knowing it wont cold sieze on you every trip out of the box. Now! That's good cheap racing. Come back to the dark side Chris. Ebay that Honda motor and join us at the track. We wont tell any of your buddies that you wandered into foreign made Territory for a while. Steven
Chris Wrote: Steve, that's a poor comparison, you do not have a current motor availible.... I'm sorry but I don't know what your experience is with regard to motorcycle engine oil systems are, but I think West Racing probably knows more than the both of us, look at their website, call them up, they use a wet sump system, it works..... There are also a couple of atleratives, or hybrid systems. You can use the stock oil pump with a drysump pan, with a external scavenge pump. These pumps are pretty cheap and they can be mounted where the water pump is driven from. Then you use an electric water pump. The drysump pan is basically a flat plate on the bottom of the cases with 4 pickups to scavenge the oil. What do you think the yearly piston invoice is for a national level Rotax? CR --------------------------------- Don't be flakey. Get Yahoo! Mail for Mobile and always stay connected to friends. ________________________________ 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! ***
