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Re: engine prices ? parity?
Posted by 'orton1966' on 29 Nov 2012 @ 08:30

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Face it, anyone who spent Ł4000 on an Iame now, would need certifying! It’s been out less than 2 months, everyone, including the teams, engine builders, trackside mechanics etc. are still learning their way with them, so no one can possibly claim with any credibility to have a flyer!!

I’m sure as soon as someone wins a championship with a particular engine, that engine will leap in value, equally the builder who’s name is on the side will suddenly be considered the new Iame Guru. But that’s the power of the paddock market place, everyone wants to believe buying a champ’s kit will give them a similar advantage. This will probably be less true with the new Iame engine than it was with the comer, if so, that’s a good thing for everyone!

Paddock gossip is always powerful and at best, only ever partly true. I can understand the frustration about how the new engine was introduced and the MSA’s handling of the other classes but I can’t understand the sniping about the engine itself. I could understand it if the Comer had been some jewel of a racing engine, that had shown amassing reliability, ease of set up and super consistency between engines. Truth was, it wasn’t.

Out of interest: What is the most anyone genuinely knows of, that has changed hands for a w60 engine? Hard facts not gossip, so an amount someone here or a close friend actually paid. I certainly know of someone spending Ł5000 on one engine. People paying 5 times over the price of new kit has to be bad for the sport

If the new engine does successfully curb the belief that people need to spend big money to get a good engine, that one thing alone will have been worth the switch.

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' (28 Nov 2012 @ 20:46)

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' << You are here!

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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