The battery box position is specified and the battery box and battery must be in the prescribed position:
However ( and I stress, for the Blues) the loom is supplied long enough to fit the various bits of the ignition system in a variety of places. As the ignition system is the same as that for the X30, I cannot see any reason why the loom would not be the same standard item.
However, JME may have cropped the loom so that there is no flexibility to mount the bits elsewhere.
What you cannot do is substitute, change or alter the parts of the ignition system and the ECU must be readily visible.
So while a typical Blue system has an aluminium plate on the A frame, holding the ECU with some mushroom tape ( and a tie wrap for when the mushrooms get tired) has the fuse connector and fuse bolted to the side of the seat and the switch on a ledge above the petrol tank securing device, some people have a neat but vulnerable plate over the battery holding ECU, Fuse and switch, others have the switch on a bracket under the nassau panel (out of the wet) and the loom is led round either the front of back of the seat.
The engine is then earthed either directly to the loom, or via a braid to a shared earthing point on the chassis and so on.
I cannot see that the X30 regulations (which bear a not surprising similarity to the FB regs) are significantly different, but the loom may be, and as I said, if JME have detailed the layout of the ignition bits on their unit, then you are stuffed. In which case, use the plastic bag technique.
Meanwhile. since IAME can point to successful use of their ignition system in many other karts snd bikes and the starter is a standard for Aprilia bikes as well as karts (Rotax etc) their argument may well be it is the user/ importer at fault not the equipment.
Yes, I have sworn when the starter goes down at an inconvenient moment but the Blues grid usually has an external starter available on the grid, Its use is written into the rules. And yes, I have had my share of loom and switch failures.
And yes, the price of replacement is high when compared to similar items in the motor industry, though they are made by the thousands/ millions. (Or when I had my mower serviced and got charged £40 for a £2 microswitch!)
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