I still think Brad's pulling a fast one on us.
The build speed to quality ratio is amazing.
We should have a video of the 2 minis racing in about 2 weeks, right?
Good luck street legalizing a gokart.
Why put money into an engine when you have plans to upgrade to a different engine family altogether?
Can you weld and fab up the new mounts for said upgrades?
How about some pics of what you have and we can help from there.
What was this engine going on Ed?
I think 50+ in a street race kart would be fine. I get close to 50 in El Chingon and I back off cause its getting squirly.
Another thing about stiffer spring, the stock valves dont hold up to the real high rate springs. They will tend to cup. Then you have to...
Im not sure about cam abuse, but the heavy springs are more about the valves following the cam on the closing side of the lobe.
And I'll second keeping the stock cam for the low end torque curve.
Im curious as to the gains on that. Make a new thread and post your findings.
Your not changing duration, just opening the valve a little more. The overlap wouldn't change so theres no scavaging benefits.
Maybe a slower intake velocity. Miniscule.
Multi length intakes are already a thing. They use butterfly valves to switch from a long runner at low rpm to a shorter one at higher rpm.
Yes , finicky and prone to carbon fouling from egr systems.