Upcoming WKA 2013 changes to Juniors and Seniors can class

[Frankie Schaffier]

[patrick slattery]

Ron, I think the new pipe will accomplish this right now. Unless we make the weight 405

[Frankie Schaffier]

[Mark Erpelding]

I was told 345 was going to be the weight. And I am sure there will be more to it than just bolting on the new pipe. You can't tell me the engine will not need modifications from the current can configuration to get maximum performance to the new pipe. You can prolly bolt it on and it will go faster, but maximum performance I doubt it
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[Dan Rudd]

At one point or another I've read all 13 pages on this subject and so I know its been touched on, but does anyone know specifically what needs to be done to the motor to convert to this pipe? I've read some say that very little need be done and read some who say new cylinder and head with specific machining.
I've seen a couple dyno sheets whereas the pipes have been tested but not sure if it was just a case of bolting on the pipe and testing or if any other tuning had been done.

A couple of us are heading to our builder this Sat (Frankie, come on up , were going out for lunch after) to try to learn more but I thought maybe someone here already had some answers.

Dan

[John Horn 33]

Alright...full day of testing today at Camden with Olivia, Emerson Reed and Samantha Wellage. Had a great day temps right at 70 perfect for karting. We all worked together all day trying to figure things out. Trust me we tried everything between the 3 of us. At the end of the day we were all right at about 42.1 on a junior Yamaha. The last race we ran same config at the track we had colder temps and ran 40.2. I do believe that the komet sportsman qualified at 42.1 at the glss race this year

Also the junior yamahas had a tough time getting by a sportsman Yamaha down the straights. We had a good bit faster corner speed than them and the sportsman ended up around a 43.6

I think we are slowed a little too much.

[Kyle C Smith]

[Ray Mcik]

Hi Kyle,

With who all was out at G&J Kartway yesterday involved in the testing, i would say they are very close to what the time difference is .
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[Kyle C Smith]

[james clark]

The whole reason for the restrictors was to slow the juniors, right ?
Sounds like the change is doing exactly what they wanted.
Give it a couple of Man Cup events and the racers and tuners will get at least another 1/2 second out of it once they have time to learn it a little better.
If the senior pipe works out as planned, looks like the ladder system may be back on track.

[John Horn 33]

Bangs head against wall

[Ray Mcik]

[patrick slattery]

Kyle and Jimmy, you both are running in Seniors, CORRECT?

[Mark Erpelding]

Kyle, As others have said we are not F1 we do not have the budgets to make changes so quickly. Others in this class and myself have spent many thousands of dollars to get competitave at the WKA level. I promice you it is not as easy as bolting a new pipe on. It means hours of dyno time = money! Dyno time eats parts = money, then when you think you might have it figured out you go test = money, Then when you blow up engines testing = money. And maybe the chassis will not work well with the new configuration= money. You might feel diferent if the money was comming out of your pocket. I am not sure it is worth racing WKA when you invest tens of thousands and they change the rules, with this short of warning and at this time of year. It is wait and see for me. It takes us much longer than the Big money teams to recover from a rule change like this!
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[Kyle C Smith]