I just talked with Chad at 600 It looks as if liquid cooled motors are the direction they are going ,this motor will cost more to begin with but will
outlast the air cooled motors by far .They are runing them in the roadsters allready and have had great succces with them there.
They will be a sealed unit but the water jacket makes a huge diferance to me as far as reliability .
As far as cost goes, they will cost more to start with but that cost will be recouped by not needing as many rebuilds .
I remember way back when my brothers and I raced dirt bikes ,we were there when the bike makers went from air cooled to liquid , on air cooled
bikes we were constantly changing the piston and often the bucket as well. Then I think it was 1984 my first liquid cooled CR125 blew us away we
found that we had as much power at the end of the race as at the begining this was evident for the few years it took everyone to get into the liquid
cooled bikes. The air cooled guys kept up for a few laps then their power droped and every bike with a rad seemed to go to the front we
went from cleaning and fixing to just cleaning ,not to say the liquid cooled mills never broke they just did it a lot less.
We found ourselfs pulling top ends off after two months worth of practice and racing because we thought we needed to by then
only to find crosshatch marks still in the bore and next to no marks on the piston skirts . These were two stroke engines but I expect the same
results on four strokes as well.
I am happy about the dessision about the liquid cooled motors and look forward to running Legends when they are available.
Im still recovering from a flailed chest from a wreak on the July long weekend one of my tires got me, I saw my doctor on Monday and she wont let
me race anything at this time she is telling me maybe not next summer either so the timing of the new motor might work out great for me .
Sorry guys if I seem a bit grumpy Im in a lot of pain or waisted on pain killers. I don't know which is worse.
But I thank all of you for your responce, Im trying to learn as much as I can before I get into a new sport. Ive gone through many forms of racing in
the past Dirt bikes , Endurance racing , Bracket racing, Nostalga dragster ,Nostalga fuelers , Alchol dragsters and Pro street I just don't want to make
any big mistakes.
Thanks again...
Chris