North Texas Karters

Thanks everyone, I am excited to see this class working really well for you and it looks like it is only growing! I think it would fill a gap for us, more speed than a clone, cheaper than a TaG but also still fast enough to be good fun. Maybe we need you to come down to our track to show off for us!...

Dan Taylor wrote:John,

We run our Sportsman engines to 14 - 14.5k. Our pistons go 10 hrs(plus or minus a little. We do the bottom ends every 30 - 40 hrs. Top ends cost between $200 and 250, and complete rebuilds are around $450 - 600.

Dan

Thanks Dan!

Hi all, We are currently having an interesting thread on our forums about the potential of a Yamaha class, or running them in the brackets. Curious to see on a few things from your perspective. What is you life between rebuilds, max rpm, etc? Last time I ran a Yamaha was the year of the KART nats at...