He apparently can't imagine what a cone would do to your control of a
kart when wedged in certain places because you didn't have bodywork to
keep it out. I think that would be the "reasoning" he's looking for,
although I can't speak for the entire KAC.

It's not about "multiple engines", it's about any configuration that
has not been previously approved. Everyone has to go through the same
process to be allowed to use a non-classified kart. Perhaps if he
simply sent a letter, the KAC/SEB would combine the cc's of the two
motors to approve them being lower than 250cc's? (4 stroke
non-shifters under 250cc's allowed).

We didn't make this a litigious society, we just have to deal with it now.

Brian


On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 4:33 PM, Lindsay Wilson <lswilson9@...> wrote:
> Here are some pics of the 'twin Briggs' kart.
>
> I feel bad telling the guy he can't run the kart.
> Seems quite 'unfriendly' to me.
>
> Is there anything about the kart safety wise that would make you concerned?
>
> Just trying to become more 'educated'.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lindsay - Colorado Springs, CO
>
> Lindsay,
>
> All right.
>
> Rules are rules I guess, but forget it. Ain't worth it.
>
> Please be advised this sour grapes blurb is not directed at you or RMS
> personally. Please also forward to the KAC.
>
> I read the rules but must have missed the part about the body work. That
> kills it for me right there -- it would take several hundred dollars worth
> of parts and welding work to add all that. My real question is "To what
> end?" From what I saw at the last PPIR meet I went to, there's nothing
> harder than a rubber cone to hit. The first thing I would do is ask for a
> waiver of the body work rule since it's superfluous in Solo racing. I have
> a sneaking suspicion it may be because SCCA wants to "keep up the look of
> the neighborhood". Eg: We don' want no slummin' yard karts.
>
> I have a fairing I might be able to fit, but there's no provision on the
> frame for side pods. There are stout nerf bars where the number plates are
> attached. These will deflect any cone I happen to tweak. The purpose of side
> pods are to keep karts from hooking wheels in close racing. There isn't any
> competition to bump in Solo 2. I'd really like to know the KAC's reasoning
> on this one.
>
> The "no allowance for multiple engines" ruling is just baloney. What
> difference does it make how many engines there are? My two Briggs perform
> roughly the same horsepower-wise as a single two-stroke engine I saw used in
> the Junior kart class, but the torque curve is completely different as you
> may imagine. The acceleration is amazing. Well, I sure can't do anything
> about that one -- two engines is what makes the kart what it is.
>
> It's perfectly obvious there's no one in my class, nor will there ever be.
> This was just for fun.
>
> No chance in heck I'm going to petition a bureaucracy like the SCCA to run
> in a few events.
>
> Thanks anyway,
>
> --Mark
>
> P.S.: See attached. This ain't no @$#%$ yard kart.
>
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