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I think these clones are great. No, they’re not very fast when you’re used to a TaG or a Shifter, but they’re plenty fast to have fun in, especially if you’re racing with a bunch of people. Lots of people (myself included) complain about the high costs of karting, this is a perfect answer. Seriously, ~$800 for a racing engine that you can bolt to that spare chassis hanging in your garage…pump gas and tires that could last all season, how great is that? Next best thing would be Spec PRD, I suppose…
But I digress…if I had one, I would be out there. Have fun!
Doesn’t Brad stock the Briggs LO206 at IMI that the Junior Karting club has had years of proven competitive racing at a similar or even cheaper price? SBR is also a local dealer for Briggs Motorsports Products. Some people may think I’m nuts, yet I can’t hold back my opinion about the clone motors.
Richard, Jon and Greg are :loco if they think the clone is a better choice over the LO206 for promotion of cheap dependable and easy to use low HP competitive kart racing motors. Here is a post about a new rule for clones used on a sprint track in TX.
http://karting.4cycle.com/showthread.php?t=496566 :rantOK with that said, I do hope this new class takes off. I have a kart and motor set up that could be used for this event if anyone may know of a person that would like to race it.
I have to agree with Rodney. The Animal/206 is a purpose build kart racing engine for about the same cost as a Clone and the Briggs has a long history of cost effective reliability. Richard and Greg, if you stay with the Clones, please don’t exclude the guys with the 206’s and or Animals. The cost of getting a Clone to perform and not explode would be more than what a 206 cost.
For what it’s worth, we do like the concept!
Respectfully,
Eddy
:coRodney,
I will take you up on the offer of a kart and engine package that works. I have a buddy that is an SCCA driver who might be interested, never raced karts. Does that work for you?
Eddy,
I’m including anybody who wants to drive an approximately similar package, I am interested in showing folks they can start out in something that is inexpensive and allows for learning to drive. My guess is that most folks would “move up” to a faster class. The clones and LO206 accomplish that very nicely. I built the karts I have with the budget I had. I’m getting my friends and neighbors out driving in them. I’ve also had quite a few folks walk up at the track, and couple them drove. My goal is getting folks interested.
Richard
Good luck guys I hope it works, I might just want to build a kart for this. Can’t ever see myself getting back into faster classes though.
I’ll be interested to see where it goes.
Chris WogrinAwesome Richard, really like what you guys are doing. :clap: Good luck, anything we can do to help support you’re efforts we will do.
They are so much fun and don’t break the bank.
Respectfully,
Eddy
:coEddy,
I appreciate the offer of support. Encouraging folks to come race on the August 18 would be very helpful, and make for a lot of fun. The race is held in conjunction with CJKC and will have a TAG class, Shifter Class, and a 4 Stroke class run what you have.
Also, if you would contact the guy who raced 4 stroke at the last PPKRC race to come race with us on August 18th, that would be great.
Thanks,
RichardYes Richard, in fact we were talking with some guys today at SBR about getting to IMI on the 18th. The guy you mentioned (Mark) just bought a TAG and I believe he put the Animal on ebay. However, we will reach out to him to come up to IMI.
I bought my clone over a year ago with the intention of using it as a coaching and demo kart, and for that it has served its purpose extremely well. Its nice to have a kart that is closer in speed to the Micro and Mini classes for the kids to learn off of. It also has been a great way to let people who have never driven an outdoor kart hop in an experience speed without the risk of damaging expensive parts and engines.
Richard, I missed seeing your bumper at SBR last weekend. 😛
I’ll have to see how my work load goes as to whether I’ll have time to convert my old 4 stroke open Margay to the LO206 power or I guess I could just run the alky open stroker flathead on it?Rodney,
Can you call me at 720-253-5024?
If you need a driver for that thing, I can ask around.
Richard
Hmm, I think I have enough stuff in the garage to build 3 karts.
If you have an old chassis, Brad has one of these kits on ebay:
I believe it includes clutch mount, pipe everything except the axle sprocket. I believe it is a much better engine and better deal than the ARC kit.
LO206 is the way to go. Stay tuned to this thread on EKN. Rob Howden is trying out the LO206 at the Rock Island Grand Prix. http://ekartingnews.com/forums/topic/ekn-lo206-project-racing/
I’m available as a 4 stroke driver Sunday and can pay for the arrive and drive privilege if there is an abundance of karts and a shortage of drivers. Scrubs for the race is fine with me.
@richardhensley wrote:
Les,
Are you going to build one and race on Sunday?
Probably not, I saw this post only a few days ago and I have not worked on a kart for me for quite a while. I will have to get one ready just in case since the interest in an affordable class may start getting some traction. I was for a World Formula class for adults several years ago when the kids were racing and I had a kart to run around the track with them on practice day, but TAGS and shifters were in style and the slow 4 cycles were not. I think what most forget is close racing is fun racing and close racing can be had without spending thousands. I think if a bunch of folks do get on the track with an LO206, Animal or comparable clone engine, they may be surprised how much fun you can have. Good luck guys, I which I had more time to get ready and join in.
Les
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