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Re: Naivety.....
Posted by 'orton1966' on 28 Nov 2012 @ 20:46

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Sorry it’s not true that all engines will be picked over before you get them.

Our first Engine was literally straight out of a sealed Iame box purchased from John (of Force) literally at the gates of Pfi on the day he collected his first batch of the new engines, so it definitely hadn’t been checked or selected. We dropped it off today for it’s first service and fiche. I collected our second engine, again a sealed box, this time from his most recent batch that he had collected only days before.

Whist there, I had a good chat about the new engine, out of his first batch John selected six at random for himself, stripped and check all key measurements squish, head volume, port timing, component weights etc. his verdict everything was so close it was pointless trying to select a good engine based on these measurements. Even the fiche is so tight he recons even with everything possible optimised and some track time to loosen the engine, the gain is probably still less than 0.5sec,

Other interesting info includes the belief that 20 hours is probably the right re-build interval, this is a longer period than they recommended for the comer, plus they’ve not needed to kit a single carb yet, so that seems a better piece of kit too!

He also recons that more than 250 have already been sold already, my new engine serial number supports this number.

I’ve no axe to grind either way but everything indicates the Iame, will be cheaper to run, more reliable and provide more even racing than the comer it replaces. Yes I’m sure some with deep pockets will try and mix and match engine parts to create the best possible engine but with the tolerances being much tighter, the gain will be much less and therefore the cost/benefit less viable so less people will feel they have to do it. Generally the biggest benefit will be getting you carb set up right on the day, whist the big teams will still gain some benefits from better data acquisition dyno and track experience etc. the good, experienced home mechanic will at least feel they have a chance of being competitive.

As they say the proof will be in the pudding but everyone with experience of running these engines believes performances will be closer.

Message Thread:

Cadet restriction again, MSA wrong on lap times ?? by 'racingjase' (27 Nov 2012 @ 19:20)

Re: Cadet restriction again, MSA wrong on lap time by 'orton1966' (27 Nov 2012 @ 20:44)

Re: Cadet restriction again, MSA wrong on lap time by 'kezz99' (28 Nov 2012 @ 7:04)

Maybe...... by 'ScoobyScene' (28 Nov 2012 @ 8:07)

Re: Cadet restriction again, MSA wrong on lap time by 'orton1966' (28 Nov 2012 @ 8:20)

Re: Cadet restriction again, MSA wrong on lap time by 'racingjase' (28 Nov 2012 @ 9:05)

Re: Cadet restriction again, MSA wrong on lap time by 'richydehav' (28 Nov 2012 @ 9:03)

confused..... by 'TheMantis' (28 Nov 2012 @ 18:34)

Naivety..... by 'RoadRat' (28 Nov 2012 @ 18:52)

Re: Naivety..... by 'richydehav' (28 Nov 2012 @ 20:19)

Re: Naivety..... by 'orton1966' << You are here!

Re: Naivety..... by 'kezz99' (28 Nov 2012 @ 22:07)

Re: confused..... by 'richydehav' (28 Nov 2012 @ 20:26)

Re: confused..... by 'orton1966' (28 Nov 2012 @ 21:01)

Re: Cadet restriction again, MSA wrong on lap time by 'rushy121' (28 Nov 2012 @ 21:17)

Re: Cadet restriction again, MSA wrong on lap time by 'racingjase' (28 Nov 2012 @ 21:38)

engine prices ? parity? by 'kezz99' (29 Nov 2012 @ 7:11)

Re: engine prices ? parity? by 'John' (29 Nov 2012 @ 7:36)

Re: engine prices ? parity? by 'VanDiemen' (29 Nov 2012 @ 7:39)

Re: engine prices ? parity? by 'orton1966' (29 Nov 2012 @ 8:30)

Re: engine prices ? parity? by 'NJB' (29 Nov 2012 @ 15:17)

Re: engine prices ? parity? by 'orton1966' (29 Nov 2012 @ 15:25)

Re: engine prices ? parity? by 'NJB' (29 Nov 2012 @ 15:36)

Re: engine prices ? parity? by 'NikG' (29 Nov 2012 @ 16:32)

Re: engine prices ? parity? by 'NJB' (29 Nov 2012 @ 19:45)

Re: Cadet restriction again, MSA wrong on lap time by 'Bucky' (29 Nov 2012 @ 16:00)

Re: Cadet restriction again, MSA wrong on lap time by 'kezz99' (29 Nov 2012 @ 17:19)

Re: Cadet restriction again, MSA wrong on lap time by 'RoadRat' (29 Nov 2012 @ 17:27)

Re: Cadet restriction again, MSA wrong on lap time by 'Bucky' (29 Nov 2012 @ 17:42)

Re: Cadet restriction again, MSA wrong on lap time by 'kezz99' (29 Nov 2012 @ 18:02)

Re: Cadet restriction again, MSA wrong on lap time by 'Bucky' (29 Nov 2012 @ 18:45)

Re: Cadet restriction again, MSA wrong on lap time by 'Bucky' (29 Nov 2012 @ 17:54)

Re: Cadet restriction again, MSA wrong on lap time by 'SimonS' (29 Nov 2012 @ 23:47)

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