Rob_Doyle_99
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Thanks......I started racing in 1987 but only raced flatheads.,...B&S Box Stock actually.....I retired 5 years ago but am thinking about getting back into karting. I thought LO206 might be a good class to come back to.
Agreed. We've pushed the L206 on ovals (dirt and pavement) for the past 10 years now and it's still not embraced like other classes. Sure, we've got a foot in the door, and everyone seems to like the class, but growing the class has been tough.Its sad that the dirt crew has not embraced the 206 platform. We have a class out in the PNW it very quickly the class grew large and the clones all but disappeared. The 206 is a GREAT oval motor.
That, and there's no one to blame when they don't win. Oval racers are always asking for "extra" work done to their engines, etc, trying to buy an advantage. I'm sure your experience with that has been the same as ours, Gary.The dirt scene has always been about tires/prep and engines. It’s what they know and they don’t want it any other way. Trying to reinvent the engine side of it just isn’t appealing to them even if it is Soooooo much more simple. That’s the problem. It’s too simple. Too cheap. Easier to make money when it’s higher maintenance and more difficult.
Never thought of that but that is clever, that is a good thought.Do you think that the fact that you can't "play" with this engine much is why not as many people want to run it? Just a thought.
The clones are even hurting us in the midwest.they went to some stupid small block big block open stuff.we went from having 9-10 karts a week to zero,but they now have small block open but a 116cc 2-stroke is not allowed to run with them.its me waste 3500$ on a clone that may grenade or me not race.so mine has sat for 2 yrs..opens open man.take a jr racecar billet animal and its just as fast as a small 2-stroke but 4 times the cost.Its sad that the dirt crew has not embraced the 206 platform. We have a class out in the PNW it very quickly the class grew large and the clones all but disappeared. The 206 is a GREAT oval motor.
I got away from 4-stroke racing when i was paying 1500$ for a 13 hp flathead.so i decided to pay 1500$ for a 35hp parilla 116cc.you do the math.The clones are even hurting us in the midwest.they went to some stupid small block big block open stuff.we went from having 9-10 karts a week to zero,but they now have small block open but a 116cc 2-stroke is not allowed to run with them.its me waste 3500$ on a clone that may grenade or me not race.so mine has sat for 2 yrs..opens open man.take a jr racecar billet animal and its just as fast as a small 2-stroke but 4 times the money