Orton, The Subaru class came about as Junior Club drivers (ie corporate) were looking to `race their own` kart but not get involved in complex 2 strokes, also Honda drivers looking to have something that is still simple pull and go. As the concept was being raced in France as a one make engine/chassis series it looked a possible over here but using 2nd hand karts at reasonable price. The engine is not the one used on prokarts as it produces about 4hp more using uprated heads/carb and exhaust. So no engines were `kicking around`. The Gx200 doesn`t compare in performance, so much had to be done to bring the power up reliability was a problem. We have a 400cc version with 14hp also being raced in France but the Msa have not been helpful in allowing it to race here yet, could be a great senior affordable Class.
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