shaft vs belt drive

[Lew L]

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With 200 hp it would be a drifting thread

 

[Peter Aawen]

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Well-- we can dream--------

Lew L

Or you could visit your local ECU Tuner and get very much improved horsepower outputs from your 1330 ACE motor AND keep the belt!

There are already Rotax motors in their line-up that get significantly higher outputs from at least vaguely similar blocks, albeit without the integrated gearbox etc; but I'm sure a good ECU Tuner (Jase, at ECU Xtreme/Rotax Racing certainly can coax them to do a fair bit better!) should be able to extract significantly more out of a relatively standard Spyder 1330 motor.... often without harming their reliability too! And then there's all the 'extra things' you could do to enhance their capability!! Enhancing the air intake & exhaust is just a start, and if really long term reliability isn't such an issue for you, cos you don't ever plan on doing 100,000 miles on your Spyder, then there's even more - like porting & polishing, et al; or maybe even strapping on a turbo - and Rotax already have a few turbo offerings! Really, the sky's the limit, with the only restriction being the depths of your pockets! hyea:

Or you could try to transplant in a different size/make of engine & loose all the electronic stability & safety options?! There might be some attraction in going down that route, altho you'd probably need to go with a chain drive anyway - still, not sure how rideable it'd end up being after gutting the Nanny tho!!

 

[BigLenny]

Makes one wonder if Can Am has plans for a 2nd Gen F3/3rd Gen RTL with an over 1400 power plant, mated to a shaft drive.

 

[oldgoat]

A mistake. Sorry.