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Steve's call sounds like and argument for TKM....
Posted by 'itpro' on 31 Jan 2011 @ 21:00


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Does that mean that you are calling for everyone to do TKM 2 stroke (or 4 stroke)? Because there aren't THAT many 'British' engines OTHER than those two.

Of course, when I was 'alive'..... it was Zip Zed, the Upton Manx, the Hewland Arrow and the TKM family.... which were ALL British.....

Why? Because karting had a HUGE following because it was SIMPLE and FUN.

Why did the Brits have SO many excellent kart engine manufacturers? Because the engines were SIMPLE and POWERFUL and CHEAP to create! Any decent engineering company could produce a good one.

With the current karting regs.... the development cost of a competitive kart engine is out of the range of viable risk/return equation!

While we INSIST on silly, over complexs, over-tuned, over-subtle engines.... who'd be DAFT enough to develop ANOTHER one? Look what the-powers-that-be DID to Tal-Ko over their 4 stroke!! No one is going to make THAT mistake again!

Ian

Message Thread:

two stroke snobbery?  by 'GJM'   (31 Jan 2011 @ 11:00)
Re: two stroke snobbery?  by 'John'   (31 Jan 2011 @ 11:20)
Re: two stroke snobbery?  by 'GJM'   (31 Jan 2011 @ 11:34)
Re: two stroke snobbery?  by 'ScoobyScene'   (31 Jan 2011 @ 11:50)
Re: two stroke snobbery?  by 'Newshound'   (31 Jan 2011 @ 12:01)
Re: two stroke snobbery?  by 'John'   (31 Jan 2011 @ 12:06)
Here's why......  by 'itpro'   (31 Jan 2011 @ 13:27)
crawl out from under your rock  by 'TheMantis'   (31 Jan 2011 @ 18:59)
Re: crawl out from under your rock  by 'davidmc'   (31 Jan 2011 @ 19:05)
Mantis.....  by 'itpro'   (31 Jan 2011 @ 20:34)
oops..... back track..... here.,  by 'itpro'   (31 Jan 2011 @ 20:38)
lol  by 'TheMantis'   (31 Jan 2011 @ 22:21)
For example  by 'TheMantis'   (31 Jan 2011 @ 22:29)
Re: crawl out from under your rock  by '09karter'   (31 Jan 2011 @ 22:53)
Re: crawl out from under your rock  by 'Aquila'   (31 Jan 2011 @ 22:57)
Re: two stroke snobbery?  by 'BrianP'   (31 Jan 2011 @ 13:15)
Re: two stroke snobbery?  by 'buzzinrussell'   (31 Jan 2011 @ 13:17)
Re: two stroke snobbery?  by 'BrianP'   (31 Jan 2011 @ 13:19)
Re: two stroke snobbery?  by 'buzzinrussell'   (31 Jan 2011 @ 13:21)
Re: two stroke snobbery?  by 'chriskasch'   (31 Jan 2011 @ 13:21)
Re: two stroke snobbery?  by 'brinjono'   (31 Jan 2011 @ 15:59)
Re: two stroke snobbery?  by 'Newshound'   (31 Jan 2011 @ 13:23)
Re: two stroke snobbery?  by 'speedfreakstu'   (31 Jan 2011 @ 13:35)
Re: two stroke snobbery?  by 'John'   (31 Jan 2011 @ 15:23)
Re: two stroke snobbery?  by 'Cannar'   (31 Jan 2011 @ 15:49)
Re: two stroke snobbery?  by 'Aquila'   (31 Jan 2011 @ 15:58)
Re: two stroke snobbery?  by 'Newshound'   (31 Jan 2011 @ 16:31)
Re: two stroke snobbery?  by 'Aquila'   (31 Jan 2011 @ 17:12)
Re: two stroke snobbery?  by 'Aquila'   (31 Jan 2011 @ 17:15)
Re: two stroke snobbery?  by 'richpudd2003'   (31 Jan 2011 @ 18:50)
Re: two stroke snobbery?  by 'TheMantis'   (31 Jan 2011 @ 19:06)
Re: two stroke snobbery?  by 'Newshound'   (31 Jan 2011 @ 19:53)
Re: two stroke snobbery?  by 'SteveGraves'   (31 Jan 2011 @ 20:33)
Re: two stroke snobbery?  by 'Aquila'   (31 Jan 2011 @ 20:39)
Re: two stroke snobbery?  by 'SteveGraves'   (31 Jan 2011 @ 20:51)
Re: two stroke snobbery?  by 'BD'   (31 Jan 2011 @ 20:57)
Re: two stroke snobbery?  by 'Aquila'   (31 Jan 2011 @ 21:00)
Re: two stroke snobbery?  by 'drewdt3'   (31 Jan 2011 @ 23:44)
Steve's call sounds like and argument for TKM....  by 'itpro'  << You are here!
Re: Steve's call sounds like and argument for TKM.  by 'SteveGraves'   (31 Jan 2011 @ 21:17)
Newshound  by 'TheMantis'   (31 Jan 2011 @ 22:28)
Re: Newshound  by 'gk43'   (31 Jan 2011 @ 22:58)
Re: Newshound  by 'Newshound'   (01 Feb 2011 @ 0:02)
Re: Newshound  by 'SteveGraves'   (01 Feb 2011 @ 0:28)
Re: Newshound  by 'Newshound'   (01 Feb 2011 @ 10:43)
Re: Newshound  by 'SteveGraves'   (01 Feb 2011 @ 0:20)
Re: two stroke snobbery?  by 'doctor46'   (31 Jan 2011 @ 23:45)
Re: two stroke snobbery?  by 'lubo78'   (01 Feb 2011 @ 13:12)
Actually mantis  by 'Iwan'   (01 Feb 2011 @ 13:37)
Re: two stroke snobbery?  by 'UHSimon'   (01 Feb 2011 @ 13:23)
Re: two stroke snobbery?  by 'Newshound'   (01 Feb 2011 @ 13:27)
Re: two stroke snobbery?  by 'SteveGraves'   (01 Feb 2011 @ 15:37)
Re: two stroke snobbery?  by 'SteveGraves'   (01 Feb 2011 @ 20:48)

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