I thought this was straightened out over a year ago when Doug Welch raised the issue. (http://www.thecoloradokarter.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=661&highlight=explaination). As was discussed then, and what people seem to have conveniently forgotten, is that it costs beaucoup bucks to have a motor resealed after it’s been opened by someone other than a certified Rotax dealer.
Todd, some of us race in the RMC as well as CSC, so it’s not an option to just reseal it ourselves.
I thought we’d reached an agreement that if someone wanted to protest a sealed motor (and my guess is that this would apply to EasyKarts as well), the protest fee would have to include the cost of dealing with resealing. Otherwise we could have a problem, because most of us Rotaxians aren’t going to be willing to shell out $250 – 400 for a plastic trophy. That makes it awfully tempting for BS protests.
As Doug and others said last summer, there are options. There’s clearly no problem with teching as long as it doesn’t disturb the seal. Or if there’s really a good reason to open it up, there could be a provision for a certified Rotax service center to either do the tech, or to be there to witness the seal breakage and then re-seal it. Last year Brad said he was going to get certified and could do that. My understanding is that never happened. But Critical Zone is a certified service center if the Cooks would be willing to reseal. From Tim’s post, apparently the same is true for Mile High Karting?