How many that race prokarts have
a)the mechanical competence to build a motor that is worthy of racing, and
b)given that they satisfy a), the time to do this?
Brian, we've not had much constructive dialogue but let's try. I can tell you that it suited me (when it was just me and dad) to buy engines that were guaranteed to be good. Remove RPM from the equation, I could have used any builder for this facility. We prided ourselves on having a kart that was meticulously prepared. That used to take up all of our spare time before a race. We simply didn't have the time or knowledge to sort engines ourselves. Why should we have been disadvantaged by that? I'm a *driver*. We didn't want to spend the money we did, but realised we had to in order to be competitive. We still chose to race prokarts.
Once upon a time, before you knew me, you said that you reckoned I had been beaten many a time by your DIY prep engines. You were wrong. I appreciate that the mechanics of engines is your interest, which is great, but it isn't everyone's. I have felt on occasions that you wish the class to be a one where each entrant must be mechanically competent enough to build their own motor in order to compete. Have I misunderstood you?
I agree that in an ideal world we would have a 'fiche' and more scrutineering. If the fiche was introduced though, wouldn't it cost everyone to bring themselves within the regs?
No different to what RPM are doing with the GX200. If you disagree please tell me why.
And extra scrutineering - who's going to do it and at what cost? And who puts the engine back together when it's in bits? If you prefer to use your non-invasive method, why has nobody adopted this method already? Genuine questions. Again please educate me.
Finally, it's impossible not to notice your opinion on RPM and I get that people feel slightly sour at the 'monopoly' in the extreme class. However, they are a business and as such are they wrong for stealing a march on their competitors? In doing so, they have offered a ray of light to a flagging category. The grids don't lie, and the initial signs are good.
In hope of a decent response
Steven Welsh
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