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Re: EU law and sealing engines
Posted by 'RoadRat' on 04 Mar 2011 @ 14:24

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It's a good point about EU law and Monopolies, Karting is a business that pushes these boundries to the limits, but don't worry the law won't be tested in the UK. Elsewhere in europe the price fixing is 10 times worse.

This year in France we have the equivalent of the carb being replaced on the Comer. The new carb that should cost under Ł100 is being sold at nearly Ł300. A new silencer with the homolagation stamp is 3 times the cost of one without.

As for sealing it's not the principle that is flawed, it is the commercialisation of sealing.

Only if engines are totally and demonstrateably equal and remain reasonably cheap is there any point in sealing. If this can be achieved then sealing is a great idea. If not it's just a way of reaping in more money from the punters.

It's the same elsewhere in Europe, where many parts are, contrary to previous statements, more expensive.

In France you can see both ends of the spectrum, FFSA (MSA) racing, where rampant commercial interests means that sealed engines are a licence to cheat for all the teams with the sealing rights and for anyone else a huge expense, they have rules like you can only break a seal once a year or replace with a new engine etc.

So we're racing a non federal class with sealed Subaru's this weekend. The seal on our race engine has expired, no matter, Ł40 to hire an engine for the weekend that’s just as capable of winning as the next one. Providing cheap racing isn't rocket science.

Message Thread:

EU law and sealing engines by 'RocketMan46' (04 Mar 2011 @ 11:03)

Re: EU law and sealing engines by 'richydehav' (04 Mar 2011 @ 11:59)

Re: EU law and sealing engines by 'RocketMan46' (04 Mar 2011 @ 12:16)

Re: EU law and sealing engines by 'richydehav' (04 Mar 2011 @ 12:56)

Re: EU law and sealing engines by 'SportBarny' (04 Mar 2011 @ 12:31)

Re: EU law and sealing engines by 'John' (04 Mar 2011 @ 13:34)

Re: EU law and sealing engines by 'RocketMan46' (04 Mar 2011 @ 14:03)

Re: EU law and sealing engines by 'Aquila' (04 Mar 2011 @ 14:18)

Re: EU law and sealing engines by 'RoadRat' << You are here!

Re: EU law and sealing engines by 'DavyBoy' (04 Mar 2011 @ 14:33)

Re: EU law and sealing engines by 'RocketMan46' (04 Mar 2011 @ 14:49)

Re: EU law and sealing engines by 'John' (04 Mar 2011 @ 15:20)

Re: EU law and sealing engines by 'karter212000' (04 Mar 2011 @ 15:55)

Re: EU law and sealing engines by 'MattCortes' (04 Mar 2011 @ 16:09)

Re: EU law and sealing engines by 'RocketMan46' (04 Mar 2011 @ 15:56)

Monopoly's by 'MattCortes' (04 Mar 2011 @ 16:11)

Re: Monopoly's by 'Newshound' (04 Mar 2011 @ 16:32)

Re: Monopoly's by 'DavyBoy' (04 Mar 2011 @ 17:08)

Re: EU law and sealing engines by 'RoadRat' (04 Mar 2011 @ 16:09)

Re: EU law and sealing engines by 'RocketMan46' (04 Mar 2011 @ 16:17)

Re: EU law and sealing engines by 'RocketMan46' (04 Mar 2011 @ 17:06)

Re: EU law and sealing engines by 'dave56' (04 Mar 2011 @ 19:17)

Re: EU law and sealing engines by 'RocketMan46' (04 Mar 2011 @ 19:28)

Re: EU law and sealing engines by 'John' (04 Mar 2011 @ 19:21)

Re: EU law and sealing engines by 'RocketMan46' (04 Mar 2011 @ 19:33)

Re: EU law and sealing engines by 'John' (04 Mar 2011 @ 19:43)

Re: EU law and sealing engines by 'RocketMan46' (04 Mar 2011 @ 20:03)

Re: EU law and sealing engines by 'dave56' (04 Mar 2011 @ 20:14)

Re: EU law and sealing engines by 'Traxtar' (04 Mar 2011 @ 21:49)

Re: EU law and sealing engines by 'dynamax' (04 Mar 2011 @ 22:18)

Re: EU law and sealing engines by 'DavyBoy' (05 Mar 2011 @ 9:11)

Re: do rotax drivers object to the seal? by 'richydehav' (05 Mar 2011 @ 9:53)

Re: do rotax drivers object to the seal? by 'DavyBoy' (05 Mar 2011 @ 10:49)

Re: do rotax drivers object to the seal? by 'RocketMan46' (05 Mar 2011 @ 20:05)

Re: do rotax drivers object to the seal? by 'richydehav' (06 Mar 2011 @ 10:07)

Re: do rotax drivers object to the seal? by 'fatboynobby' (06 Mar 2011 @ 13:10)

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