Why do so many people want to point at the motors being the problem? Id spend a little more time watching these karts go through the corner. We scaled two racers before our event Saturday and they appeared to perform better. We had another racer that was struggling identify that he has had a brake dragging the last few weeks. None of these will be identified in the tech barn.
Also, what evidence do you have the leads you to believe that any of the predator motors in the area you race in would not pass tech (illegal)? Why leads you to believe that anyone's engine is better than anyone elses? What is the problem that we currently have in our area that needs to be addressed with the Predator motor(what needs to be fixed)?
A 10th place kart swapping a motor with the $400 predator guy is still going to be a 10th place kart. In fairness though, $400 isn't really out there. The parts that are bolted on to the engine cost money. Even $500 isn't in left field, but it certainly is not the intent of the class.
You run the open/mod classes. How many times in the class that you run the motor with the biggest HP win? It has always seemed to me that the kart that wins the corners wins the race.
Everyone has a lot of fixes/solutions, but I'd need to understand what the problem is. We can throw all kinds of solutions out there, but if they don't address anything its a waste of time and resources. Tech, evolving rules and claim is what will keep this reasonable.
We allow 3 mods(basically):
Weenie Pipe - Safety
Fuel Tank - We just didn't like how stock tank performed
Governor Removal
@Hrtmn450 pretty much nailed most of things we are aware of it. Id encourage people to go overspend on a motor. They will find out one way or another that we will keep the cost down. I've decided to not do a claim this year because engine availability is poor. It is not fair to the racer getting claimed to have to sweat bullets finding an engine. Once that availability issue is resolved, expect track claims, racer claims and track confiscations for testing/evaluation during the week.