KA100 upgrades

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Honestly I dont see why not. I could buy the exact same kart off of him with the same engine. If I’m not mistaken, my X30 was from J3 (Compkart) via Supernats. Jerry buys a bunch of their stuff for his clients at the end of the race.

Maybe I am naive but I think you could, with enough $ spent, have the same equipment and engine parity.

Edit for clarity: My engine was cheaper to buy used from supernats than new from builder. This was not out of the box. I paid less than a new x30 on Comets site. If a built engine is same/cheaper lightly used than an unbuilt new, that makes the value proposition weird. I would always go with the built engine bought from a team, for me it seems a better deal.

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Certainly some things have been “figured out” with the engine with regards to ignition timing a carb settings. But if you look at lap times over the past few years, not much has changed, so I would think you could still be pretty competitive on a stock engine.

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