Stock Moto

Tom

Call me if you get a chance. I have some other things I want to talk to you about (none karting).

As far as the package goes, I can easily do a complete race ready kart for under $7,000. How far under depends on what kind of other stuff a guy wants like MyCron and seat. The engine package would run around $3,200 to $3,500 with shipping. Thats complete less rad but including carb, pipe, silencer and mount. If a guy didn’t want a Leary built engine, we could drop that number to around $2,700.

Could we ask for better weather than we had yesterday? If it stayed like that all winter then warmed up in the spring, that would be fine by me!

We had the stock moto out yesterday at Bandimere. We made a couple of small changes, First we changed gearing. We took a tooth out in the front and added a tooth in the rear. That gave it a bit more pull off the tight corners. Second, we added the rear torsion bar to give it a bit more grip under acceleration. We also lowered the air presures by 1# due to the warmer track surface from last weekend.

Bottom line, we dropped .3 of a second from last week. We still had on the same tires as last week. His times would have put him 4th on the grid in Pro and in front of all the S2 and S3 karts.

Next changes will be to jetting to get more over rev. (It’s still jetted for sea level) We still could use a bit more grip in the rear for acceleration so I’m going to try different wheels. I’m also thinking a different axle. Right now it has a medium axle in it. If we switch to a Pro axle, it should get a bit smother ride and still have the grip on exit. We also need to get a seat that fits. This seat is way to loose and Greg is getting thrown around in it. A better fit on the seat should be good for at least .2!

We only need .1 qucker to beat the fastest time for a Moto at the track according to the records they kept out there. Not bad for a stocker.