Latest 4 Stroke Superkart Engine from Maxsyme
24/06/04
Welcome to the June edition of Maxsym's MC4 Newsletter.
Maxsym's latest engine development project is code-named MC4. However, we are pleased to announce that the 500cc & 600cc engines themselves will be known as GP500 & GP600 respectively. We believe these names capture the essence of MC4 - specialist racing engines in two significant capacity classes. We hope you agree!
General Assembly Complete
Work on the General Assembly of the engine is now complete. The design incorporates a whole host of technical features that will allow maximum flexibility to be maintained for individual customer requirements without compromising its pure racing pedigree. A full Technical Synopsis is now available on our website. [On our homepage, click on Technical Synopsis.]
Intake at front or rear!
Customers can specify engines with either inlet or exhaust ports to the front. This unique feature is achieved by using a centrally positioned cam drive, driven by a quill shaft located low down behind the cylinders. As well as minimising the width of the unit, this also allows the chain drive to run at nominally half crank speed, optimising chain control at high engine speeds.
The monoblock layout (whereby the cylinder head and engine block are combined in one casting) has inherent advantages. Developed by Maxsym over the last 7 years, these include minimised bore distortion & improved structural stiffness; improved cooling around the combustion chamber; and no cylinder head gasket.
The design allows the monoblock to be split from the crankcases as a complete sub-assembly. The cams & cam drive remain intact meaning that piston inspection can be completed without disturbing the cam timing. Removable nicasil-plated alloy liners are used. A range of engine mount options ensures maximum flexibility for each customer.
Motorsport Valley Feedback
Maxsym would like to thank friends & colleagues involved in all areas of the motorsport industry for their input. We have been fortunate to draw on their respective experience in Formula 1, MotoGP, WSB, BTCC, WRC, Superkart, F1 Sidecar, Supermoto and more. Informal 'brainstorming' sessions have been very helpful. We have been encouraged by the genuine interest & support shown by Motorsport Valley. Thank you.
Interest builds
We have also had a huge amount of feedback from recipients of the Newsletter. This has ranged from requests for features, suggestions of how to improve on other race engines or simply words of encouragement. We have acted on many of your suggestions already - keep them coming! As an indication of the major interest generated by the MC4 project, our website traffic increased by a massive 86% after our first Newsletter to over 27,000 hits in May!
Tooling underway
Tooling for the monoblock is being prepared by Grainger & Worrall, one of the world's leading suppliers of high precision aluminium castings, at their state of the art facility in Bridgnorth, Shropshire. G&W have a proven track record of supplying quality components to the automotive and motorsport industries. CAD models prepared by Steve Prentice, Maxsym's designer, will be used as the basis to cut tooling in-house on 5-axis CNC machining centres in hard ureol. First castings are then poured. "These go through a rigorous process development and verification procedure to ensure dimensional accuracy and metallurgical integrity," explains Richard Jukes, Executive Manager of Tooling. This includes X-ray, crack testing, pressure testing, hardness & tensile tests.
James Grainger, G&W's Managing Director, confirmed "We are very impressed with the MC4 design. It's an exciting project. We are delighted to be involved."
Latest 4 Stroke Superkart Engine from Maxsyme
23/01/04
This article courtesy of the Superkart Club of NSW website
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No information on this new engine as yet but stay tuned.
The picture is of a mock up of the engine and word from Eric Severe is that the completed engine is set for production on early 2004
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29/07/03
This just in from Riley Will BRC Engineering
| Hello everyone.
Here is a picture of our engine cases.
These engines |
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Here are the latest pix of the BRC 250 F/E engine built by BRC Engineering
Riley Will of BRC Racing advises that orders can now be placed for customer engines. There is also a 125cc gearbox engine under development and BRC are currently designing their own cylinders and heads to be available in the near future. There are a few choices for cylinders at the moment such as Rotax, Aprillia, Sudor and Pavesi to name some. These cylinders are primarily designed with racing motorcycles in mind. The BRC items will be specific for superkarting.
The BRC engines are currently fitted with Vortex programmeable CDI's but this may change in the near future.
Riley Will
BRC Racing
race@brceng.com
1-877-BRC-RACE
403-216-0630 wk.
403-216-0639 fax.
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Courtesy of the Forker Bros Good Times Racing website
11/11/02
From Riley Will BRC Racing
It's almost ready! Here is a taste of BRC's engine for the public. I will have more photos closer to the end of the week when we are dyno testing. For the record, this engine was engineered completely by BRC.
BRC would like to acknowledge Mike Hemingway as a consultant. Mike brought years of experience that, coupled with our engineering and manufacturing ability, has culminated into this design. North America distribution will be through BRC Racing, European distribution will be through Mike Hemingway.
Customers have a choice between Aprilia, Sudor, Rotax 129, and RCS cylinders. Currently we will need a Rotax 256 as a donor engine for some internals; we will be producing the internals within 8 months.
Design improvements over a Rotax 256 are:
-Stronger billet cases (7075-T5).
-Liquid cooled cases.
-Current technology cylinders.
-Non overlapping transmission and disk valve covers.
-One piece disk valve cover with equal inlet lengths.
-Jack bolt locations for both transmission cover and disk valve cover.
-1.125" narrower at the internal water pump cover (integrated design
with chassis consideration).
-More convenient pulse fitting location (No longer hits chassis cross
bar at extreme chain lengths).
-Rotax 256 engine mount geometry.
Many other internal enhancements which make the engine easier to work on, more
reliable, more powerful, and very user friendly.
Best Regards,
Riley Will
BRC Racing
race@brceng.com
1-877-BRC-RACE
403-216-0630 wk.
403-216-0639 fax.
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The new SGM FE2002 twin engine is now available from the SGM factory in Italy.
Currently the new engine is under continuous development in Italy and also in England and the engine now has FIM homologation.
The engine is producing nearly 90 HP @ 13200 RPM and comes complete with expansion chambers, "Selettra Digitale" ignition and Dellorto VHSB 39 ND carburettors at a list price of 8676,50 euro.
Orders can be made directly to the SGM factory and suppliers in Australia and New Zealand are being sought.
Here are some pix of the new engine.
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| Damien and Francis Payart of F.P. Engineering in France
announce the completion of their totally new F250E 250cc superkart engine!
Here is their E-mail message: F. P. Engineering |
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This stuff lifted courtesy of the British Superkart Association website
There
is great excitement across Europe about the
renewal of the Euro superkart series. This coupled
with the news that up to five new engines are
under development has given great hope for a
revival of this category.
Of the five new engines the SGM and FPE would appear to be likely additions to the list while examples from V Dot in America, Mike Hemingway and Ferro in Spain might not be able to put forward the 10 engines required at one time to achieve registration. FPE is the guy who makes substitute crankcases for the Rotax. The SGM has caused the biggest stir and is apparently very advanced and in production although it wont be available to see over here until late January early February. It is thought that it will be priced at less than £5000 (UK) complete with Carbs and Pipes.
Keep
an eye on the SGM website (www.sgm-engines.com)
for updates.
New twin engine from Italian engine manufacturer SGM
This bit of info was also lifted off the Forker Bros Good Times Racing website.
From Ian Rushforth:
"I dont know if you have heard but I am told that Italian shifter engine manufacturer SGM are working on a F250E engine. They manufacture 125cc engines at the moment and are planning to use these parts for the 250cc model."
Anyone with more info, please send it. (I've never heard of them)
Furthermore, word is that "King" Kenny Roberts is set to develop a F250E engine based on the Modenas 500cc GP bike engine
It gets more interesting by the minute!
