[F500] Engine question

[Jeff Blumenthal]

Yeh...I'll "fess up"...I bought a used 493 and plan on putting in my 
Novakar, since I'll be running just regionals for the next year, at 
least.  FYI, for anyone buying a used motor...I don't know what year 
they started using it, but the newer motors have an "electronic" tether 
as part of the wiring harness. I'm told that if the cap is missing, or 
mis-matched, the motor will not run. It was part of Ski-doo's attempt to 
reduce theft.  If you are buying a used motor, make sure it has the 
tether and that it is the correct match.
-Jeff Blumenthal

Ted Rudolph wrote:

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>"Eric D. Christensen" <edc at proadmin.com> wrote:
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>>.... But I'd love to get some
>>regional guys running 493s so we can see if it's really a comparable
>>engine for National approval in 2005. I'm actually thinking about
>>getting a chassis and putting a 493 in it for myself as a regional
>>car for next season. 
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>I bought a 493 this summer and I'll be running it in the NEdiv next year (My
>chassis will be finished by then). Mike Quadrini said he's planning on running
>a Regional 493 car next year in addition to his National 494 program. When I
>bought my 493 from Tony Murphy he said I wasn't the first to buy one. I priced
>out the difference between a complete 494 set-up and a new 493 setup, and the
>price difference wasn't significant enough to consider the used engine. Anyone
>else willing to 'fess up to owning a 493?
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>>On Mon, 2003-11-17 at 21:26, Bruce Kapraszewski wrote:
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>>>I recently bought an '89 Red Devil with a 440 engine. I'll only be
>>>racing this car in Regional events (for now) but I'd still like to
>>>upgrade the engine. 
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>Obvious(?) question - were the roll bars upgraded to the current Road Racing
>specs? I have the identical car ('89 Red Devil/440 Kawa.) that I occasionally
>Auto-X. The original '89 roll bars are too small to be legal for anything
>other than Solo II, so you probably want to check that before buying a new
>engine. Fun car, regardless of the venue (and for the folks asking about
>Auto-X tire widths - I've got 8.5 rims and the 18" tires all the way around on
>my Red Devil)
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>>>There was a discussion not too long ago 
>>>regarding the Rotax 494 and 493. Apparently one of these engines
>>>is no longer in production but the replacement hasn't been
>>>approved yet for National racing. Do I have this right? Which
>>>engine is which? 
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>Ignoring the ancient Chapparal engine, the engines legal for the class are:
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>440 Kawasaki - the 2nd generation engine - Long out of production.
>494 Rotax - Kawasaki replacement.  Out of production.
>495(?) AMW - also Kawasaki replacement. Not quite competitive.
>493 Rotax - In production. Legal for Regional events only.
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>The worst kept secret in racing is that the SCCA will be allowing the 494 RAVE
>motors into National competition next year - bypassing the 493 - as long as
>the RAVE exhaust is bypassed. The 494 RAVE is also out of production, but the
>494 RAVE motors far outnumber the classic 494 engines. Hopefully enough of us
>will run 493s next year to get them Nationally legal. Or we'll have to find
>another place to play after 2004. 
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>-Ted
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