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FUNCHAL (Portugal), 12 March 2014 - Please find here below the link to download an official statement of fuel supplier ETS regarding the fuel supply of the 2014 MXGP of Thailand.
Click here below to download the official statement by ETS:
For more information please contact:
Yann Labia, Business Development Manager at the address below: yann.labia@ets-p.com
Jean Francois Balde, Racing Service Manager at the address below: jf.balde@ets-p.com
Click here below to download the official statement by ETS:
For more information please contact:
Yann Labia, Business Development Manager at the address below: yann.labia@ets-p.com
Jean Francois Balde, Racing Service Manager at the address below: jf.balde@ets-p.com
I wonder if he got called a pussy when he was a kid?
Thailand is a bit of a political powder keg and the fear of unrest resulted in limitations being imposed this year on what could be brought to the country. Regarding bad on the race organizers 1) we've had fuel boiling in the US and 2) KTM didn't have any issues so is a stickey wicket to start playing the blame game but that isn't stopping anybody from doing it.
From the standpoint of dealing with high temperatures JGR has been using this since 2009. I just tried to find a website for SRS (URL below doesn't work) but was unsuccessful. Not sure they're still making them but here is what MXA had to say back in 2009.
The portable Fuel Cooler uses a 12V DC rechargeable battery and dry ice to circulate and cool fuel from a gas tank or gas can. There’s no doubt that cold gas produces more horsepower, but at $1400 for this model (SRS also offers a $1000 model) you would have to be serious to invest in this piece of equipment. The fuel in our KX450F got down to -20 degrees Fahrenheit before our moto,
For more info visit www.srsperformance.net.
EDIT To get really trick you can buy the raw materials to make your own dry ice. This is the most cost effective way to go for a race team on a budget.
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Aint you heard of the new Thailand 777? Gonna be biggest race of your life
Being the smartest on a moto bored is kinda contrary.
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“One thing we struggled with right from the beginning there was the fuel,” Covington told EJ. “The fuel was off and we didn’t have the capability to completely re-map my ignition. Right from the start the bike was feeling really sluggish because of the fuel. In the first moto on Sunday I was trying to do my regular second-gear start and when I did, the bike just wouldn’t pull at all. The bike just bogged big right out of the gate.
“In the second moto I had to start in first gear, which I’ve never done. It was a little better but still not really what I’d like. And I was way on the outside for the start. No matter how good of a jump I got, there was no shot for me to get a good start. I got bad starts, and trying to come through the pack with my bike not running so great wasn’t the easiest thing. Then towards the end of the moto the fuel started boiling and my bike was just popping and bogging the whole time. I really had no shot at it. It was just a rough weekend. But I learned a lot.”
KTM obviously has the capability to completely remap their ignitions.
Seems they put a ban on the proper race fuel, must be able to turn it into nasty stuff
I would have thought it relatively easy to tune their engines to a fuel spec with re-mapping.
Must have affected the 13 carb Yams too
Whay comp ratios they running? must be very high
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