Morning all.
I thought this might be of interest to the CycleKart community as it has more information than anything I have seen so far on building engines to create more power.
We have a limit on the power we can produce. This is something I agree with totally.

Having said that, very little actual data is out there as to what performance tweak does what, and, how that relates to real life drive-ability of a CycleKart or any vehicle. (that I can find - a lot of anecdotal stuff, but few real numbers)

These new videos from Redbeards garage actually put real figures to tweaks tested both on a dyno and on a minibike.

They have interesting results (such as a silencer attached to a header added power!, A billet flywheel with advanced timing reduced power, especially at lower revs, carbs make the biggest difference)

I think these videos would be helpful as, ideally we need to reach a drive-able 10hp limit with the power and torque in a usable range while not blowing the budget or the engine

I will link the first one, the others follow and he has yet (to press) to release more in the series.

Tell me your thoughts please.
https://youtu.be/tQjitfEMDxM
Jim

Totally agree about the TAV30 throwing all sorts of things to think about Andy, and I am doing a lot of that after watching the videos. He did a q+a session live and it seems he has his work cut out with what he is planning on the Dyno in terms of videos. I will be following it with interest
Jim

Yes Jim - Looking into the possibilities of getting them here for Members.

Just be aware Christopher that the shaft on these is 20mm. A TAV30 is 3/4" or 19.05mm so unless you manage to source a 20mm TAV30, please share if you do, it means going down the route of a kart clutch or re sizing the output shaft.
Jim