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To me the JetLab sounds closer. I don’t think I had anything in my toolbox bigger than a 158 when we ran pre-evo engines around here. 152-158 during the winter, and 145-150 during the summer was our range.
In the future I can do nothing but recommend the guys at Wine Country Motorsports for safety gear. Knowledgeable, have product in stock and at good prices.
Also, I see a driver in the video running CIK bodywork. The rules on their site state full speedway style bodywork which to me means CIK bodywork is not legal. Can you shed some insight on this Rod?
Rod, are most of the people that you know are racing running LOs or running something a little more hoped up?
Anthony, I built one for a hobbyist customer of mine, and its a pretty epic engine. Very smooth throttle delivery, gobs of power, and the power is available at all points in the rev range. It was very easy and straightforward to install. I did it in about 4 hours having never even seen one in person before.
There are many debates everywhere about whether or not it will take over the Honda at a local regional level, and my opinion is no, it will not replace the Honda at a local level. Parts are too cheap and too easy to get. for the Honda, and there are too many of them out there in the marketplace. I do believe though, that if you buy a 175 and show up to a CKT event, they will let you enter in some category but you would have to check with them to be sure. Just email them through their website.
ROK Shifter would be another interesting option as you can race it in CKT or Rok the Rockies.
It is hard to argue against Honda though, as it is doubtful you can buy cheaper parts in as many places as you can the Honda.
The drain plug is the 10mm square plug on the front lower part of the engine. Remove that and the oil will drain. The fills for the engine are the yellow plastic plugs which are both front and back, you can use either.
Be careful when re-tightening the square plug into the block, it is a pipe thread (which basically gets bigger as you thread it in) and I have seen people over tighten it and crack the block.
Use only Briggs 4t oil, and I run 14oz. You will hear some different opinions on how much oil to run, anywhere from 12 to around 16 is what people run.
