i guess you could say i am. ideas i suggest are now being used by some of the biggest names in the trade. pretty sure the guy you are referring to is trying to do something i suggested years ago. which is also why i'm running a powervalve polaris motor. stupid high port timing.... but it's about setup.
let's think about what you just said. "it sucks that by them starting to machine the cylinders like that, it's taking the option away from the consumer." if they were that bad it wouldn't hit....
stock strokes from dasa and x metal both suck. i tried to get this going about two years ago. put motors offered by builders with there tuner there to set it up on a dyno. not for peak hp or anything, but to see a general powerband. no takers. i even had one respected engine builder here pm asking me not to do it. if you doubt me and my abilities, come to the free ride and give a ski i built a shot.
thats funny...so typical of this industry..I see in a prev post in this thread you said you would provide the dasa motor and the dyno? what dyno are you speaking of,where is it located?We have a few motors of diff brands and builders we could provide..I still cant believe no one has had any success getting something like this setup for daytona when all these motors,builders,tuners are all in the same place...with everybody who is anybody there to impress and verify all results..you know how many people would spectate and support this if anyone had any balls to compete in it?
I go to alot of large Motorsports meets of all types and have friends that go to even more, Cars,motorcycles,sleds,boats. Any large gathering has a dyno on site and is a large part of the meet. Even the ones that dont enter or compete,know what hp and torque their setups make..Go to the biggest jetski meets in the world and almost no one even knows the hp,much less the power curve of their setup,all they know is "It rips"...lol really no
huh.... whats funny is most of these tiny 2 stroke simple jetski motors,cost more than 500 hp 4 stroke very complex motors...funny how that works ehhhh.