Ecuador 2017

[dpracer95]

Looking to head back to Ecuador in 2017. I own a 302 and I would like to plan on taking it with me next year. With that said, they are thinking of doing a super mod class which basically means to them, no rules on what you can do to the motor. I know the 302s are well over engineered and can be opened up quite a bit. But what are some of your thoughts on what can be done to gain maximum hp? Also, would the motor be able to hold up against nitrous if I can make that work? Like I said. Pretty much anything goes. Let's hear what ya got. Thanks!

[Bob Rusnak]

Most of the guys racing there change the gears to 13-15. I think if 12-15 were available they would change to that.

[dpracer95]

My plan is to buy a hatchet gear foot with 12/15 gears. But I'm after what really can open the motor up.

[jeff55v]

I have not heard of this super mod class. Where did you hear about that?
If I were gonna do what you're thinking, I would definitely go with a Komato lite unit, and a mod tower. You'll gain a lot by getting rid of that ungainly exhaust snout behind the prop.

[dpracer95]

Jeff it is still being discussed amongst their club. But they were already talking about it when we all finished up after the race.

[22W]

Do you want to be pushing 80 in a 25SSR hull? On that water? Brave guy!

[dpracer95]

Haha. I'd love to Ryan!! I was already hitting 72 this year. What's another 8 mph? Ha

[25xs]

I'm sure they will recover quickly, but Ecuador just had and earthquake in the coastal fishing villages area, which includes Guayaquil.



"QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A powerful, 7.8-magnitude earthquake shook Ecuador's central coast on Saturday, killing at least 41 people and spreading panic hundreds of kilometers (miles) away as it collapsed homes and buckled a major overpass.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the shallow quake, the strongest since 1979 to hit Ecuador, was centered 27 kilometers (16 miles) south-southeast of Muisne, a sparsely populated area of fishing ports that's popular with tourists.

Vice President Jorge Glas said in a televised address that there were initial reports of 41 dead in the cities of Manta, Portoviejo and Guayaquil — all several hundred kilometers (miles) from where the quake struck shortly after nightfall. He said the death toll is likely to rise as reports from the worst-hit areas come in."