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Any articles on the 05 CR models?
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[QUOTE="fastwes, post: 858635, member: 20758"] [b]HP fun time[/b] Lets just have more fun and let the topic go all over the place.Many moto based kart engines have 43 or more hp depending upon use and reliability issues. How often can the piston, ring, cranks, etc. be replaced? How fast do you want to go? Most racers could afford to replace the top end parts on a two stroke every race if they really had to. What can the factory teams afford? My old friend Bruce Mcquisten (ex Skip Barber instructor)at Racers Country Club in Miami FL told me an interesting story. His company is a racing school that rents their own karts, stores and preps customer karts and can do complete corporate packages for all those people who don't do golf when they are in Florida. (NO I DON'T HAVE ANY SHARE IN THE COMPANY !) He has driven all kinds of cars and shifter karts with all kinds of engines, from all the engine builders in the US. He understands acceleration and lap times, to say the least. Someone put together a kart for James Bubba Stewart with one of his factory Kawasaki 125 engines. Bruce drove it and said it was the "fastest, smoothest pulling engine he had ever driven, with way more top AND bottom power than others" if I can properly remember his quote. He thought it was way over 45 hp compared to modified PEAKY engines. Bubba was giving up nothing to the 4 strokes on a bike that was easier to throw around. Don't you think ALL the factories can make pretty usable power and lots of it, at least if they aren't stuck with poor designs? They also can change pistons or for that matter complete cylinders between motos if necessary. Smile all, Wes Gilbert Boyesen Precision Porting [/QUOTE]
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