I was talking to someone rather influential to uk karting about this last night and I since cannot stop thinking about it, so thought I'd float the idea out there.
my lad will soon be 10 years old, we race honda-cadets and love it, the thought of running a 2-stroke makes me want to vomit.......in the next year or so he will probably be very tall, like well over 5 foot, I keep looking at minimax karts and I think its just a sledge hammer to crack a nut scenario, way too fast, far too expensive, and the chassis are far too big for the kids, not to mention having to constantly fiddle with the 2-stroke carb, and splashing 10-15 grand on a top motor if racing in S1, all of which I utterly dread, hence I'm just not interested in mini max or junior max or junior X30.
So we were discussing a super-cadet chassis, 100mm longer, but everything else the same as a normal honda-cadet, the 4-stroke engine would be the 12hp Briggs & Stratton World Formula item, all sealed on the side plates, carb, rocker cover, exhaust manifold would need flipping the other way. implement an engine swap system or buy-back to level the paying field, therefore us honda-cadet dads have a logical next stepping stone once the driver is too big for cadets, but still a bit daunted by swithching to 2-stroke too early. The age range could be 11-15 years old, minimum weight around 115-120Kg
Sorry, not interested in junior-subaru, engine is on the wrong side and it uses a big senior chassis, and the 4 stroke engine on the left to prevent hacking chains, sprockets and axles, yuk.
Go on then, start tearing strips off me!
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