Okay , now that makes sense. I never thought of it that way. As I remember on an old thread, the cost to have a Kawi cylinder rebuilt is about what a new one cost. There are some on Ebay right now that are $150 for the pair (brand new). If I thought I was going to be running Kawi for the next 10 years, I would buy them , but I hope to be running Rotax for '08. Bill Schmidt 88 RD kawi ( for now)
>>> "Richard Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 01/23/07 7:21 PM >>> Bill, The Kawasaki does not have liners or sleeves, it has a chrome surface on the aluminum cylinder. The Rotax does have sleeves and thus can be re-sleeved. A Kawasaki cylinder that has a steel sleeve in it would be illegal for SCCA road racing. Not sure about the auto-cross rules. Yes, the Rotax can be overbored one time by 0.010" The Kawasaki cylinders can be rebuilt however. Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 1:54 PM Subject: Re: [F500] rotax 493 on ebay > Richard, > With all due respect, that is not what I said. Re-read the 4th line of > my thread. (to have the 2 cylinders ready for new pistons). I surely > didnt forget the costs of new pistons and rings. However, I am still a > little confused.....someone said a while back that puting sleeves in a > Kawi was possibly illegal, but it is not illegal for a Rotax (ski-doo) > ??? Someone splain? Just trying to learn here. > Bill Schmidt 88 Red Devil Kawi ________________________________ FormulaCar Magazine - A Proud Supporter of Formula 500 The Official Publication of Junior Formula Car Racing Subscribe Today! www.formulacarmag.com or 519-624-2003 _________________________________ _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! ***
