UK Karting - Notice Board (General Karting) : Re: Cadet restriction again, MSA wrong on lap time

Notice Board (General Karting)

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

| View Message Thread | Reply to this message |

orton1966Joined: October 2012
Total Posts: 94
[ View User Profile ]

Whilst I think everyone would agree the MSA did make some real errors with the whole Iame introduction, most notably the delay in announcing it, robbing everyone of decent transition period.

However, my understanding is that they stipulated the aim of a 0.5 sec. reduction in lap time purely because they knew the times would creep up as tuners got to grips with the new engine’s fiche. Surprise fiching seems to result in a 0.5 sec improvement! If they had targeted the same or a faster engine than the comer they would now be substantially faster.

As for historic times, there are too many variables, the older tilletson carb was dropped not to provide a faster carb but because some (but very few) tilletson’s were very good resulting in them changing hands for daft money i.e. they created a lack of parity. Same for the w60 generally, too much variation creating a sellers market for good engines, some of the huge prices good engines fetched shows how little parity the old engine provided.

Everyone who’s tried the new engine reports greater equality between engines (than the comer) and that’s got to be a positive. I’m not really sure why it matters what restrictions are applied to other classes, the wtp is already restricted, likewise the new Iame. By the sound of it a relatively small weight increase for the comer probably won’t make much difference whilst a modest inlet restrictor for the Honda probably just knocks the average times back to where they were before the current prevalence of SP engines in that class.

I guess the real shame about these restriction measures is that they are really there to curb the SP Hondas and front running Comers, yet there owners are the ones most likely to jump to the new Iame whist those with more average club motors, probably didn’t have the advantage in the first place but will still be penalised as if they did.

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' << You are here!

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' (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)

Post a Reply:

You may post a direct reply to this message which will appear in this thread.
To post a new or unrelated message use This Form. Top of Page
Notice Board Index

[ UK Karting Main Index ]


News	Karts & Karting	Notice Board	Market Place	Companies Directory	Tracks Directory	Events Calendar	Race Results	Photo Gallery	Links