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Richard Jung
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 Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Joe Ricard wrote: | They must grow them big over there. We will NEVER meet min weight without a **** load of lead.
I am not going visit that topic again.
Anyway Back to wanting to buy a Cheap Competative kart I don't think it is possible. A decent straight kart with good used Gen 5 WF motor adds up to 2 grand. |
We're not big folks  , my kid is a stick, and I'm 155. I figure a 15 yr old needs to be 90lb with full gear to be close to making wt. in a WF.
You're right, with a blueprint and having a kart shop swap in a WF, you're looking at $2K just for the motor. |
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Brian Garfield
Joined: 04 Apr 2004
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Location: United States, Maryland, SKCA Racing!
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Julian is not big, was 14yrs old at last Nationals when he test drove Kevin Teague's BWF on the practice course. Julian weighed about 100lbs at the time and according to Kevin's numbers that he told Julian, Julian was about 5lbs overweight (IIRC) with no lead on the kart.
If you're small, you're not going to want a weight increase in the class, but we've always known the BWF (and all 4 strokes) to be a monster, which was always the reason I told big drivers to run the KT100.
If the BWF is to become the motor that the SEB/KAC wants everyone to run, they're gonna have to raise the minimum. Personally, I say leave it low (285lbs) as it's better for drivers all around IMO. Let the big boys move on to a different sport or get their comp license
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