Four-Stroke vs. Two-Stroke (probable controversy)

Best place to gather local data is right here in the race results section. The National scene information is found on http://www.ekartingnews.com and in the national rags like SuperKart, and Kart Sport.

What’s most important is what you want to do, and have fun doing it.

4 Stroke shifters are not going to happen in mass. It’s going to take a national ban on 2 stroke engines and emmisions to promote a solid effort in 4 stroke shifter racing. Unless someone decides to build a road track that can allow these motors to unwind, it probably won’t happen. IMO.

As far as 2 stroke cost. We raced 7 times at IMI and all 7 CSC races in PRO ICC and went thru 6 top ends at $145.00 each + tires at each event.
If the truth were known, we only needed 3 top ends for the year. And we did have a fun year running mid pack.

Boulder Guy,
Looks like you would fit in Romans Rotax, if you would like to try it. We could meet you at Imi on a weekend. Tag is a large class and if you are interested in running the State Championship, The Tag classes have a good turn out. If you intend running the Imi track series, the four stroke looks fun. Most of the Tag packages are relatively inexpensive to run. I think in all of the classes the biggest expense is going to be tires. With prior racing experince you may lean towards a shifter. Even if that is what your thinking a Tag or 4 stroke will be a god starting place. You will learn to be smooth and the dynaics of Kart handling and set up.

There are a bunch of great people in the karting scene here who would be glad to help you. You can refer to the “results” link (mylaps.com) located here in the website to see the entry numbers.

PM me if you have any other questions.

Rick