Rotax sealed Vs. Rotax w/o seal

[Tony LaPorta]

I have heard diffrent things from diffrent people and I would like to have the record set straight.

I have heard that if you podium,
And the Rotax is sealed they must respect the seal and the motors not torn down.
Or, if the Rotax is sealed they will still tear down
Or, if the motor’s not sealed it is subject to tear down and if everything inside is legal then ur fine.
And, if the motor dosen’t have a seal your automatically DQ’d no matter if the motor is legal or not, your done. 😯

I dont know whats true and whats false 😳

Please Help

Thanks

[Doug Welch]

We have had our Rotax on the podium for each of the CSC events so far. After every main event, our engine has been torn down. We have cut the seal off it every time. Tech has the option to respect the seal or not respect it, it’s their call.

At the Grand Junction event, tech was going to respect the seal. I asked to be torn down and inspected because I was tired of hearing all the crap about our motors. We were asked to cut our seal at IMI this past weekend and we did.

As a service to all Rotax racers, if you are asked to cut your seal at any event here in Colorado that I or our shop attends, we will re-seal your motor in tech for the cost of the seal (less than $4.00). If you remove your motor from tech unsealed and then bring it in to the shop, regular rates apply. The bottom line is this, if we are at the race, call us into tech so we can reseal your motor at no charge (just parts if needed)

You do not need a seal for TagUSA rules.

[Doug Haner]

@Doug Welch wrote:

As a service to all Rotax racers, if you are asked to cut your seal at any event here in Colorado that I or our shop attends, we will re-seal your motor in tech for the cost of the seal (less than $4.00). If you remove your motor from tech unsealed and then bring it in to the shop, regular rates apply. The bottom line is this, if we are at the race, call us into tech so we can reseal your motor at no charge (just parts if needed)

You do not need a seal for TagUSA rules.

That’s a sweet deal Doug. Not that I expect to be racing CSC, much less getting a podium in CSC, anytime soon, but none the less that right there is great service.

[Greg Welch]

As a side note to what my dad said… for us to be able to re seal the engine, it has to have been sealed before hand, and have one of us there to see the seal be cut.

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