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Re: SP200
Posted by 'DaveS' on 20 Jan 2014 @ 18:17

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OK fellers, you got me – I’m an engine builder – the grand total of 2.
My reluctant negativity comes from this –

Many of the scores of prokarters out there who read all this (or hear about it on the grapevine) will think that these are all posts from people who run in the top ten or something in the national championship – a long long long way from where they are in terms of budget, ability, time and commitment.

They may think that the formula that they race in (or just muck about in), that has enjoyed stability and therefore always has benchmarks on laptimes – (that they may never achieve on an initial investment of Ł1000 or something and making tyres last and so on – but might do if if if) – has been arbitrarily changed by people on a different planet – people who spend thousands – but are nevertheless on pretty much the same equipment.

They may see the future as being some sort of development of all this and entering races where there’s 15 200s and 5 160s, with the 200s being considerably quicker and having to always be looking over their shoulder and worrying about getting in the way, and then buy engines when they wouldn’t have dreamt of it otherwise, whilst wondering ‘What just happened ?’.
Because they might think that the national policing of this is going to be a little tricky, and prokarts are basically going to slowly, painfully change to full on 200s, and wonder why.

And if these guys were so anti-SP why didn’t they sort all this out when buy-back was introduced and stay on 160s.

Or they may think why couldn’t a sealed, dyno’d 160 at …. oh …. say 7.5hp have been the way to go. They may think that a supplier ………... no I think I’ll stop there.

In a nutshell, you guys seem to be forgetting the dozens and dozens of relative part-timers and no-hopers like me who nevertheless spend money in the sport.
Don’t hold your breath on ‘Clubmen’ coming out of the woodwork, when I would guess it’s hard enough getting them ‘out’ on hundred quid 160 engines off eBay

Message Thread:

GX200 by 'DaveS' (18 Jan 2014 @ 12:41)

Re: GX200 by 'lard ass bob' (18 Jan 2014 @ 13:31)

Re: GX200 - Dave S by 'CamberLeigh' (18 Jan 2014 @ 15:50)

Re: GX200 - Dave S by 'Andyb' (18 Jan 2014 @ 18:12)

Re: GX200 - Dave S by 'lard ass bob' (18 Jan 2014 @ 18:58)

Re: GX200 - Graeme by 'DaveS' (18 Jan 2014 @ 20:12)

Re: GX200 - Graeme by 'lard ass bob' (20 Jan 2014 @ 9:56)

Re: GX200 - Graeme by 'DaveS' (20 Jan 2014 @ 11:24)

Re: GX200 - Graeme by 'baldyheadgreg' (20 Jan 2014 @ 12:57)

Re: GX200 - Graeme by 'lard ass bob' (20 Jan 2014 @ 13:57)

Re: GX200 - Graeme by 'Andyb' (20 Jan 2014 @ 14:57)

Re: GX200 - Graeme by 'baldyheadgreg' (20 Jan 2014 @ 15:08)

Warden Law 2nd feb by 'lard ass bob' (20 Jan 2014 @ 15:59)

Re: SP200 by 'CamberLeigh' (20 Jan 2014 @ 15:59)

Re: SP200 by 'stevelyall' (20 Jan 2014 @ 16:43)

SP200 - nope by 'lard ass bob' (20 Jan 2014 @ 17:05)

Re: SP200 by 'stevenw' (20 Jan 2014 @ 17:09)

Re: SP200 by 'CamberLeigh' (20 Jan 2014 @ 17:16)

Re: SP200 by 'stevenw' (20 Jan 2014 @ 17:22)

Re: SP200 by 'ghinzani' (20 Jan 2014 @ 17:44)

Re: SP200 by 'stevenw' (20 Jan 2014 @ 17:59)

Re: SP200 by 'lard ass bob' (20 Jan 2014 @ 17:24)

Re: SP200 by 'Willis' (20 Jan 2014 @ 17:25)

Re: SP200 by 'DaveS' << You are here!

Re: SP200 by 'stevenw' (20 Jan 2014 @ 18:33)

Re: SP200 by 'stevenw' (20 Jan 2014 @ 18:34)

Re: SP200 steven w by 'DaveS' (20 Jan 2014 @ 19:09)

Re: SP200 Dave S by 'stevenw' (20 Jan 2014 @ 19:20)

Re: SP200 Dave S by 'baldyheadgreg' (20 Jan 2014 @ 19:41)

Re: SP200 by 'lard ass bob' (20 Jan 2014 @ 19:09)

Re: SP200 L.A.B. by 'ghinzani' (20 Jan 2014 @ 19:18)

Re: SP200 by 'DaveS' (20 Jan 2014 @ 19:39)

Re: SP200 by 'KevinW' (20 Jan 2014 @ 19:54)

Re: SP200 by 'lard ass bob' (20 Jan 2014 @ 22:50)

Re: SP200 L.A.B. by 'lard ass bob' (20 Jan 2014 @ 22:32)

Re: SP200 L.A.B. by 'ghinzani' (21 Jan 2014 @ 7:20)

Re: SP200 L.A.B. by 'tracypope' (21 Jan 2014 @ 14:27)

Re: SP200 L.A.B. by 'castree' (21 Jan 2014 @ 18:11)

Re: SP200 L.A.B. by 'lard ass bob' (21 Jan 2014 @ 18:17)

Re: SP200 L.A.B. by 'castree' (21 Jan 2014 @ 19:25)

Re: GX200 by 'BenFallon' (21 Jan 2014 @ 22:45)

Re: SP200 L.A.B. by 'khn7' (22 Jan 2014 @ 17:40)

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