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I honestly don�t see the problem that everyone is getting upset about before we've even tried anything... sorry. I'm a Comer Dad who the end of next year will be moving up as we�re out of age having only been in it the last 6 months. Our choice to run Comer rather than Honda.
Everyone on the grid will still be the same weight. My son wouldn�t win ballasted to 99KG, he won�t win ballasted to 103 KG. The results won�t change more than 5% as a result of heavier kids being less disadvantaged. I don't believe there'll be any safety issues with 4% heavier karts, only bad backs for parents !
The Honda grid will be exactly the same scenario with their changes.
The bigger picture is people go to Honda (as I understand it) as they don�t want the hassle of 2 strokes and the Tryton problems. I get that. And you still can. But if you now have a really good user friendly engine, the IAME, which doesn't have many of the problems associated with the Comer then why wouldn�t you run/consider it ? There will be a little bit of advantage with getting IAME carb settings 100% spot on, (as with Comer) but as you can�t change them mid race it would benefit most people I think. If we weren�t out of it in 12 months I�d already have the IAME motor. And you can�t tell me it�s only good Comer motors that cost a few �1000 as suggested, try buying a race winning Honda and see how much it is. AND � Hondas will suffer a much much lower drop in value than Comers so thank your stars Honda parents.
Our W60�s will have lost at least 50% of their value by the time I try to sell them next year.
It IS progress and I think in 12-18 months you�ll see this change is a good/inevitable thing and Cadet classes will only be stronger or weaker due to the financial climate, not the MSA�s recent decision.
Like it or not, IAME is MSA�s preferred route, best we all adapt as petition or not there�s not a chance they�ll change it before the 3 months test.
I believe the restrictor is the easy bit, anyone with an engineering brain will know how easy it is to mass produce a CNC�d plate. Look at TKM etc., in fact TKM would be the obvious supplier for a quick turnaround & keep the money in the karting industry. But yes, it will be tight.
This viewpoint is purely technical, I�ve conveniently ignored the information about this amendment being on safety/speed grounds when as rightly said the kid can then get in a Minimax & scare himself stupid !
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