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Storm V Lightning & W60 / Iame
Posted by 'PennilessFather' on 04 Nov 2012 @ 01:20

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I would appreciate the opinion of anyone that moved from a cadet Zip Storm to a Lightning chassis.
Is there a significant performance increase with the Lightning chassis over the Storm, or is it negligible ?
If there is a significant improvement, what have you noticed - are they easier / harder to set up?

I am asking this as my lad is going to move into MSA racing next year and as my budget is somewhat limited, I am trying to find out whether to stick with his current Storm chassis or maybe get hold of a second hand Lightning.

We currently have a reasonable W60 / carb setup and the lad is not far (1.0-2.00 secs) off the fastest pace at the tracks that we have visited so far and laps consistently within a few tenths each lap. Whilst I know that this will improve with experience, the engine could do with a bit more oomph !

Would I be better off putting any funds towards a new Iame engine ? I quite enjoy rebuilding engines and, what with the cost of getting a Comer resealed, this is becoming an attractive proposition for the longer term. Should I stick with the Comer and put money into improving it if possible ?

Any comments / advice would be much appreciated.

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Storm V Lightning & W60 / Iame by 'PennilessFather' << You are here!

Re: Storm V Lightning & W60 / Iame by 'richydehav' (04 Nov 2012 @ 16:06)

Re: Storm V Lightning & W60 / Iame by 'racingjase' (04 Nov 2012 @ 21:46)

Re: Storm V Lightning & W60 / Iame by 'PennilessFather' (04 Nov 2012 @ 23:13)

Re: Storm V Lightning & W60 / Iame by 'MJC' (04 Nov 2012 @ 23:48)

Re: Storm V Lightning & W60 / Iame by 'Discobob' (05 Nov 2012 @ 0:05)

Re: Storm V Lightning & W60 / Iame by '1509' (05 Nov 2012 @ 6:44)

Re: Where do you race? by 'richydehav' (05 Nov 2012 @ 8:40)

Re: Where do you race? by 'VanDiemen' (05 Nov 2012 @ 9:36)

Re: Where do you race? by 'orton1966' (05 Nov 2012 @ 21:31)

Re: Where do you race? by 'PennilessFather' (05 Nov 2012 @ 23:26)

Re: Where do you race? by 'cos22' (06 Nov 2012 @ 22:10)

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