How will the Turbo Maverick affect UTV racing?
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lol. I don't think anyone is cheating. There isn't too many people out there building their own motors or anything like that.
This is a difficult issue in that there is no easy answer. A good case can be made for both sides. I think we need to examine the unintended consequences.
My concern is that this is just going to shorten the life cycle of the race cars. If you do not have the latest machine out you will not be competitive as in there are no provisions to keep current racers competitive. As an example if you built a full blown $60000 Can am turbo racer it would be the top dog for one year until Can am tweaks the ecu for 150 hp but you can't have that because your model was 121 hp from the factory. Would that make you think twice about spending that kind money to go racing?
The popularity and growth of UTV racing is because of its perceived accessibility and affordability.
I don't want to stifle the exciting advances of the industry I would just like to keep the current racers competitive going forward.
Tim
My concern is that this is just going to shorten the life cycle of the race cars. If you do not have the latest machine out you will not be competitive as in there are no provisions to keep current racers competitive. As an example if you built a full blown $60000 Can am turbo racer it would be the top dog for one year until Can am tweaks the ecu for 150 hp but you can't have that because your model was 121 hp from the factory. Would that make you think twice about spending that kind money to go racing?
The popularity and growth of UTV racing is because of its perceived accessibility and affordability.
I don't want to stifle the exciting advances of the industry I would just like to keep the current racers competitive going forward.
Tim
Good points Tim, but a well sorted 'older' car can still win championships. Eg I won the BITD championship in 2011 with a RZR 800-4 against RZR XP 900's. Brandon won the 2013 championship in a in RZR XP 900 against the competition that had RZR XP 1000's, Maverick 1000's and Cat 1000's. So it can be done, but I agree that with the rate of development you need a car built in the last few years to be on the podium. One good side benefit of all of the development is that you now can be competitive with a stock engine. This saves $$$. I do wish that people who buy one or two year old race cars would actually race them. They are an economical way for a guy to get into racing, be it Pro or Sportsman. Most good used race UTV's sell for between $15k and $30k.
if you want to be competitive your car is good for about season. if you stay on top of it after that its a through away vehicle all the bugs come and get you. if you don't believe me name the last non manufactured sponsored team that won a bitd race. you are pretty much building a new car every 500 miles.
yes that blake guy puts pixy dust up Brandon ass to make him go and talk fast lol.
There is the question soon to be answered. The extra hp does not mean a thing if the rest of the ride can't handle it.
Thanks for that Alex. It's good to see BRP giving attention to an area that was in desperate need of it. The stubs were just barely below the threshhold of failure by design. The 3 extra splines might be enough to do the trick. Does it use the same wheel bearing and hub nut? Does the manufacturing tolerance for clearance between the splined interface seem any tighter?
"There (*they're) all running built up Polaris motors...."
Who is they? lol
You really think Jagged X puts a fresh factory "built" engine in before every race? lol come on lol
As for Kroyer, IMO Kevin is the best engine builder in all of off-road but I think the only one who has any work from Kroyer on their Polaris is Coastal and I am not 100% on that.
At any rate. I haven't heard one Polaris team complain to me about the turbo maverick.
What I'm wondering is who on the Can-Am side is building a turbo for next year? Something tells me Cory is for sure lol