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Road Rat Gets Real :)
Posted by 'RoadRat' on 15 Mar 2011 @ 17:33

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I mentioned pool engines in the context of Cadets at a high level. I don't personally think it would be the solution for Pro-karts.

I'm probably one of the few people on here who has competed in a national cadet championship with pool engines, several years running. Logically, on the basis that we were robbed of the chance of winning in our competitive year by drawing a rubbish engine, I should be against the idea, but i'm not, because the basic principle worked really well. The problem was with no engine builders available the pool engine were bog standard out the box GX120's from various batches, which are less equal than the GX160 anyway and we know that engines can be very variable until they are race prepared and run in. Even so the idea worked really well for a while, parents seemed to love the concept and grids got bigger, and would have continued to do so, if it hadn't become apparent how unequal the engines were. In the UK this wouldn't be a problem because you have many talented engine builders, any one of which could easily produce 40 engines within a knats of each other.

As far as buy back schemes are concerned, all the donkey work for regs has been done in the States. Just google it and look at the regs. One of the things that need to be done is that engines that are 'bought back' need to be checked for conformity before they are handed over to the new owner, thus only a cheque (not to be cashed until later) needs to be handed over on the day. Once the engine is checked out the cheque is cashed and the new owner gets the engine. If the engine fails the check, the driver would be disqualified and would need to pay the inspection fee to get the engine back.

Of course in reality it is very rare for an engine to be bought, the whole point of the rule is to stop people turning up with monster engines, only a fool would do so, because they would be bound to lose it and that of course is the point.

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Road Rats Get Real :( by 'Trev' (14 Mar 2011 @ 20:45)

Re: Road Rats Get Real :( by 'itpro' (14 Mar 2011 @ 21:00)

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Re: Road Rats Get Real :( by 'RoadRat' (14 Mar 2011 @ 22:19)

Re: Road Rats Get Real :( by 'itpro' (15 Mar 2011 @ 19:37)

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Re: Road Rats Get Real :( by 'lubo78' (15 Mar 2011 @ 11:47)

Re: Road Rats Get Real :( by 'BrianP' (16 Mar 2011 @ 13:56)

Re: Road Rats Get Real :( by 'lubo78' (16 Mar 2011 @ 17:49)

Like this brian ??????? by 'Trev' (16 Mar 2011 @ 13:47)

Re: Road Rats Get Real :( by 'DavidGrice' (15 Mar 2011 @ 13:19)

Re: Road Rats Get Real :( by 'stevelyall' (15 Mar 2011 @ 14:32)

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Re: Road Rats Get Real :( by 'DavidGrice' (15 Mar 2011 @ 14:56)

Re: Road Rats Get Real :( by 'lubo78' (15 Mar 2011 @ 15:09)

Re: Road Rats Get Real :( by 'JCC' (16 Mar 2011 @ 8:17)

Re: Road Rats Get Real :( by 'Willis' (16 Mar 2011 @ 8:31)

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Re: Road Rats Get Real :) by 'stevelyall' (15 Mar 2011 @ 17:19)

Re: Road Rats Get Real :) by 'stevelyall' (15 Mar 2011 @ 17:31)

Re: Road Rats Get Real :) by 'RoadRat' (15 Mar 2011 @ 17:37)

Re: Road Rats Get Real :) by 'stevelyall' (15 Mar 2011 @ 17:53)

Re: Road Rats Get Real :) by 'RoadRat' (15 Mar 2011 @ 18:21)

Road Rat Gets Real :) by 'RoadRat' << You are here!

Re: Road Rats Get Real :) by 'stevenw' (15 Mar 2011 @ 19:23)

Re: Road Rats Get Real :) by 'lard ass bob' (15 Mar 2011 @ 21:02)

Re: Road Rats Get Real :) by 'KelvinNicholls' (16 Mar 2011 @ 6:21)

Re: Road Rats Get Real :) by 'DavidGrice' (16 Mar 2011 @ 7:56)

Re: Road Rats Get Real :) by 'TimKerr' (16 Mar 2011 @ 11:05)

Re: Road Rats Get Real :) by 'BrianP' (16 Mar 2011 @ 11:32)

Re: Road Rats Get Real :) by 'TimKerr' (16 Mar 2011 @ 11:50)

Re: Road Rats Get Real :) by 'BrianP' (16 Mar 2011 @ 12:01)

Re: Road Rats Get Real :) by 'TimKerr' (16 Mar 2011 @ 12:24)

Re: Road Rats Get Real :) by 'BrianP' (16 Mar 2011 @ 12:46)

Re: Road Rats Get Real :) by 'itpro' (16 Mar 2011 @ 13:04)

Re: Road Rats Get Real :) by 'AndyOxfordshire' (16 Mar 2011 @ 13:26)

Re: Road Rats Get Real :) by 'BrianP' (16 Mar 2011 @ 13:35)

Re: Road Rats Get Real :) by 'RoadRat' (16 Mar 2011 @ 13:48)

Re: Road Rats Get Real :) by 'lard ass bob' (16 Mar 2011 @ 19:08)

Re: Road Rats Get Real :) by 'fatboynobby' (16 Mar 2011 @ 19:47)

Re: Road Rats Get Real :) by 'Andyb' (16 Mar 2011 @ 20:35)

It's a lottery. by 'RoadRat' (17 Mar 2011 @ 8:32)

Re: It's a lottery. by 'JCC' (17 Mar 2011 @ 8:54)

Re: It's a lottery. by 'lard ass bob' (17 Mar 2011 @ 9:44)

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