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Re: tkm clutch perceived wisdom
Posted by 'orton1966' on 19 Aug 2016 @ 13:08

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orton1966Joined: October 2012
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There's the conundrum!

We mostly come into the sport, wanting our children, to enjoy themselves and hope that they are competing on a level playing field and most will claim that's what they still want.

Then comes the offer of a bigger engine or a faster chassis, new tyres for each race, mag rims and we kid ourselves, that's ok, it's just what everyone else is doing. So for those who can afford it, it just becomes an arms-race.

Level playing field. formula kart stars, was that principle but with a big entry fee plus the big teams in there. Pooled engines, clubman classes that offer engine buy back, Easykart. I guess, if I was being cynical, the teams, the engine builders and the industry like dads spending �'s chasing an advantage! So the high profile msa series will never do too much to discourage that. As I said in the other thread, if the msa wanted Honda cadet to be a proper budget class, it'd either be fixed price, equalised, sealed engines like 200 extreme or pooled engines selected at random.

But then there's the engineering challenge, that's part of motorsport as well, how to get the most out of your engine, carb, chassis, within the rules!

I think the big things want to be as controlled as possible, so it isn't about the biggest cheque book snapping up the best engines and the best carb's irrespective of cost but there needs to be room for the likes of knighty to use some left field thinking, time and testing to find those 1% gains. That the less technical might miss, irrespective of the size

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It's all in the clutch by 'd-i-y71' (17 Aug 2016 @ 15:39)

Re: It's all in the clutch by 'playnotwork' (18 Aug 2016 @ 9:57)

Re: It's all in the clutch by 'd-i-y71' (18 Aug 2016 @ 10:28)

Re: It's all in the clutch by 'Knighty' (18 Aug 2016 @ 11:40)

Re: It's all in the clutch by 'd-i-y71' (18 Aug 2016 @ 12:18)

Re: It's all in the clutch by 'Knighty' (18 Aug 2016 @ 12:56)

Re: It's all in the clutch by 'lollipop' (18 Aug 2016 @ 17:01)

Re: It's all in the clutch...thoughts! by 'orton1966' (18 Aug 2016 @ 19:28)

Re: It's all in the clutch...thoughts! by 'orton1966' (19 Aug 2016 @ 7:19)

Re: It's all in the clutch...thoughts! by 'Knighty' (19 Aug 2016 @ 8:41)

Re: It's all in the clutch...thoughts! by 'orton1966' (19 Aug 2016 @ 8:49)

Re: It's all in the clutch...thoughts! by 'AndyOxfordshire' (19 Aug 2016 @ 9:00)

Re: It's all in the clutch...thoughts! by 'Knighty' (19 Aug 2016 @ 9:02)

Re: It's all in the clutch...thoughts! by 'orton1966' (19 Aug 2016 @ 9:32)

Re: It's all in the clutch...thoughts! by 'trying hard' (24 Aug 2016 @ 22:41)

Re: It's all in the clutch...thoughts! by 'd-i-y71' (19 Aug 2016 @ 9:32)

Re: It's all in the clutch...thoughts! by 'Knighty' (19 Aug 2016 @ 9:43)

Re: It's all in the clutch...thoughts! by 'd-i-y71' (19 Aug 2016 @ 9:56)

Re: It's all in the clutch...thoughts! by 'Knighty' (19 Aug 2016 @ 10:22)

Re: It's all in the clutch...thoughts! by 'd-i-y71' (19 Aug 2016 @ 11:40)

Re: It's all in the clutch...thoughts! by 'Knighty' (19 Aug 2016 @ 12:00)

What makes me laugh! by 'orton1966' (19 Aug 2016 @ 10:31)

Re: It's all in the clutch...thoughts! by 'orton1966' (19 Aug 2016 @ 9:57)

Re: It's all in the clutch...thoughts! by 'd-i-y71' (19 Aug 2016 @ 11:01)

Re: It's all in the clutch...thoughts! by 'Knighty' (19 Aug 2016 @ 11:09)

tkm clutch perceived wisdom by 'orton1966' (19 Aug 2016 @ 11:54)

Re: tkm clutch perceived wisdom by 'd-i-y71' (19 Aug 2016 @ 12:26)

Re: tkm clutch perceived wisdom by 'Knighty' (19 Aug 2016 @ 12:37)

Re: tkm clutch perceived wisdom by 'orton1966' << You are here!

Re: tkm clutch perceived wisdom by 'orton1966' (19 Aug 2016 @ 13:10)

Re: tkm clutch perceived wisdom by 'd-i-y71' (19 Aug 2016 @ 13:21)

Re: tkm clutch perceived wisdom by 'Knighty' (19 Aug 2016 @ 13:33)

Re: tkm clutch perceived wisdom by 'orton1966' (19 Aug 2016 @ 14:33)

Re: tkm clutch perceived wisdom by 'gashead' (22 Aug 2016 @ 11:59)

Re: tkm clutch perceived wisdom by 'orton1966' (22 Aug 2016 @ 19:43)

Re: tkm clutch perceived wisdom by 'Bobster' (20 Sep 2016 @ 10:02)

Re: tkm clutch perceived wisdom by 'Knighty' (20 Sep 2016 @ 10:34)

Re: tkm clutch perceived wisdom by 'Bobster' (20 Sep 2016 @ 11:54)

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