got to work and drive an X30 but Im wondering which series is more budget friendly and better to run rotax or iame, might be planning to run a season soon
Rotax typically goes longer between between service intervals, but the service tends to be more expensive. Overall though I suspect the Rotax will be more economical. You can run up to 50hrs on the Rotax. Emphasis can, performance drop off can be expected of course.
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most likely going to be using a used rebuilt engine but I already know how to work on karts so i feel like iame will be cheaper since ill be doing most of the maintenance
I recall Jerry (ran team) talked to me about possibly switching to rotax to avoid doing rebuild mid season. At club levels you can run the top end a lot longer than x30.
The power band was unsuited to our series so it was a non starter ultimately. Plus, to James point, I think they are more expensive to rebuild because don’t you have to have a “certified” person service and seal it back up? Isn’t there a black tie or something that shows it’s been serviced in an “authorized” fashion? Or am o getting engine packages confused?
But yeah, I heard the 50hrs as well.
Rotax needs a service center to repair or change piston and they seal it with a black tie to certify it was done by an authorized person whereas X30 that’s non-existent, you can do it yourself.
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Iame you can do it by urself but rotax must be serviced thats whats conflicting Iame lasts less but i can do the work myself but rotax lasts longer but I have to pay a hefty price for a service