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Re: More TKM Engine Irregularities...
Posted by 'deangwigan' on 14 Aug 2014 @ 15:25

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AC1962, I think it is a little unrealistic to compare a modified car to a modified kart engine. At the moment the engine building market is super competitive in TKM as there are not many doing them these days. There is a lot of pressure on the builders now, especially with these special barrels appearing back in October 2007.

Who knows when these or this builder started doing these mods, but it hasn't been highlighted by a customer, it was a scrutineer. To then expect all to check their equipment is unreasonable.

How can you verify that your ignition system is fully legal? I know fine well you haven't got all of the tools necessary to verify that and it is unreasonable to ever expect you to. So if your builder then starts fiddling with ignitions to keep up with other builders apparent performance what do you do? Nothing because you don't know about it and never will until someone else finds it.

I would love to see the parties named and shamed, however this will never happen, the builder is protected by the lack of a seal, and a seal is still no guarantee that the actual builder carried out the modifications anyway.

Each incident of cheating or modification must be dealt with on a singular basis and in isolation. Tal-Ko have done the right thing in issuing guidelines to everyone and they are even offering to check all engines. Guess where all 14 of my drivers engines will be going this weekend at Rissington!

Sadly you are at the mercy of your engine builder in most cases.

For me the biggest factor to consider is how in TKM now-a-days the engine is super important. Why is that? Prior to the new tyres introduction this was less important. As soon as you make things easier to drive etc etc people will look at avenues to improve performance else where. Again, especially when there are barrels around that offer more performance and are legal but you can't buy them new. This is a scenario created by decisions and engineering tolerances introduced by Tal-Ko.

Message Thread:

More TKM Engine Irregularities... by 'BilandRacer9' (14 Aug 2014 @ 12:44)

Re: More TKM Engine Irregularities... by 'alanrr' (14 Aug 2014 @ 14:17)

Re: More TKM Engine Irregularities... by 'ac1962joey95' (14 Aug 2014 @ 14:43)

Re: More TKM Engine Irregularities... by 'BilandRacer9' (14 Aug 2014 @ 14:52)

Re: More TKM Engine Irregularities... by 'ac1962joey95' (14 Aug 2014 @ 15:19)

Re: Positive moves from the committees by 'iant' (14 Aug 2014 @ 17:02)

Re: More TKM Engine Irregularities... by 'deangwigan' << You are here!

Re: More TKM Engine Irregularities... by 'deangwigan' (14 Aug 2014 @ 15:27)

Re: More TKM Engine Irregularities... by 'Farrang' (14 Aug 2014 @ 17:28)

Re: More TKM Engine Irregularities... by 'BanzaiBoy' (14 Aug 2014 @ 17:40)

Re: More TKM Engine Irregularities... by 'Farrang' (14 Aug 2014 @ 17:52)

Re: More TKM Engine Irregularities... by 'iant' (15 Aug 2014 @ 9:31)

Re: More TKM Engine Irregularities... by 'alanrr' (15 Aug 2014 @ 16:47)

Re: More TKM Engine Irregularities... by 'wavedyellow' (15 Aug 2014 @ 18:50)

Re: More TKM Engine Irregularities... by 'iant' (15 Aug 2014 @ 18:51)

Re: More TKM Engine Irregularities... by 'Farrang' (15 Aug 2014 @ 18:57)

Re: More TKM Engine Irregularities... by 'Farrang' (15 Aug 2014 @ 19:01)

Re: More TKM Engine Irregularities... by 'alanrr' (15 Aug 2014 @ 20:14)

Re: More TKM Engine Irregularities... by 'DCharity' (16 Aug 2014 @ 0:33)

Dave by 'alanrr' (16 Aug 2014 @ 10:51)

Re: Dave by 'DCharity' (17 Aug 2014 @ 21:26)

Re: More TKM Engine Irregularities... by 'Alan' (19 Aug 2014 @ 20:06)

Re: More TKM Engine Irregularities... by 'KenH' (15 Aug 2014 @ 21:25)

Re: More TKM Engine Irregularities... by 'SLK' (15 Aug 2014 @ 21:33)

Re: More TKM Engine Irregularities... by 'SimonS' (16 Aug 2014 @ 17:37)

Re: More TKM Engine Irregularities... by 'RSBW' (16 Aug 2014 @ 4:30)

And another? by 'nitch' (18 Aug 2014 @ 11:54)

Re: And another? by 'JDsRs' (18 Aug 2014 @ 12:32)

Re: And another? by 'bodger' (18 Aug 2014 @ 13:28)

Re: And another? by 'SAS' (18 Aug 2014 @ 13:33)

Re: And another? by 'Tkm Racer' (18 Aug 2014 @ 15:33)

Re: And another? by 'nitch' (18 Aug 2014 @ 15:43)

Re: And another? by 'SAS' (18 Aug 2014 @ 13:29)

Re: And another? by 'Hi99' (18 Aug 2014 @ 14:23)

Re: And another? by 'Aquila' (18 Aug 2014 @ 15:03)

Re: And another? by 'Aquila' (18 Aug 2014 @ 15:05)

Named and shamed by 'dynamax' (18 Aug 2014 @ 15:23)

Re: Named and shamed by 'christkm' (18 Aug 2014 @ 15:44)

Re: Named and shamed by 'SLK' (18 Aug 2014 @ 15:47)

Re: Named and shamed by 'westside' (19 Aug 2014 @ 18:57)

Re: Named and shamed by 'dynamax' (20 Aug 2014 @ 12:21)

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