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Originally Posted by Wayne Davis
Dad you hit the nail on the head...If you don't have teeth to enforce the rule.... oh what we are doing is trying to open avenues for racers... I just put ring and bearings in my ford midget and total price on rebuild was $168.00 for all parts...then went out and won tlast Sat. night....will never ever do away with the motorcycle engine....it all about choice
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Way back in the 80's the old Honda 750 or Kawasaki 900 was hi tec. All Detroit had was the "Iron Duke, Vega, and Pinto motor. Those motors were so undeveloped the racers chose the VW as the motor of choice for midget racing back then. However when they got done with it there was not a VW part to be found in it. Pretty expensive motor to race at the time.
Then somebody said that little Pinto is overhead cam that would really be hi tec. Along came Esslinger and it is still the motor of choice to race midgets with today. Kinda of pricy for a new one of them too.
All through the 80's 90's and early 2000's the motorcycle were light years ahead of Detroit. With a booming economy quite a few of these motors got to the wrecking yards and into small car racers hands.
Ford came along with the z tec "Focus" motor. 4 valve overhead cam and it found it place in a midget and racing. GM not to be outdone comes up with the eco tect.
These two motors are approaching the HP per cubic inch of the cycle motor and do pretty good in a race car. They might be where we end up. When motorcycle motors are inexpensive and plentiful they are great, however we are approaching a time when there may not be enough of them to go around.
Honest Dad himself
