i with no lights or other BS, you probably have close to 15A excess capacity, even at 5k, let alone 10k.
Yeah, thats about what I remember. However, the bigger the fan, the heavier it is. So really it should provide adequate airflow, and no more.
-everyone here is all keen on water wetter, but that's only because they won't let you use real coolant on the track with motorcycles. use something better, like engine ice.
If I remember correctly, nothing other than water wetter allowed. It's something like that.
-it seems that if you have to use a restrictor, you should restrict the throttle bodies too, to provide a uniform flow.
Why? Once the airflow is restricted, you can do whatever the fuck you want and it won't make a difference (other than hurt you). They purposely leave the door wide open, in order to make us figure out the optimal solution. You can run a huge assed throttle body, but then you lose throttle resolution. There is an optimum range.
-vacuum the crankcase is supposed to be good for at least +1HP
Very true. They make us run a crankcase overflow thingy, so you have to fab a pressureized container. We have one.
-decking the head should be worth a few HP
it would provide more low end, but once you're out of air, you're out of air.
-use VP-U4, that should be good for +6% HP.
Duh. Rules.
-to beat the sound requirement, just rewire the tach, so 10k indicated is really 7k.)
Yeah, but thats straight up cheating, and an easy one to be caught at.
-maybe you should pressurize the frame with NOS, and just vent it near the airbox, or any number of ways to introduce it.
We've talked about this one. Too easy to catch. They look damn closely. Tech can take well over an hour.
after all of that tuning, like motorcycle racing, the driver will still win it or lose it. maybe you should recruit a 50lb 8 year old from the local kart track.
That's so true it isn't even funny. One of the british teams is lead by a PhD student who works for BAR Honda, and their driver is a british karting champion. The rules require anyone involved to be a student at school. That's all. A good driver and a well tuned car make far more of a difference than an optimized design. It's one of the flaws of the competition. Fuck designing the car right, just get it done 3 months before competition and you are pretty much garanteed like top 20 (out of 150).
if you want something radically different, how about leaving the engine revving at a constant 10k, and work on a traction control system based on an external clutch ? after all, that's where the HP exists, not at 5k.
You mean a CVT. Nothing new there, plenty of teams use them.