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Aftermarket carburetor, IHRA

IHRA answers this part for 29 of its classes. 0 of those answers permit the part outright and 8 permit it with stated conditions, leaving 21 that do not. 3 of the ones that do not are classes we read as open rather than as refusing it. 16 are inferred from how the class is written rather than quoted from a rule naming this part.

This page is IHRA only, and the bodies do not agree. The same part under IJSBA and UIM. Which one applies to you is decided by whoever sanctions the race you enter.


Where it stands, class by class

29 classes, grouped where the same rule gives the same answer rather than listed one by one, because an answer that holds for a class usually holds for every class that borrows its rules.

What each answer below means

OEM part required
This comes off. Only the part the manufacturer fitted is allowed here.
Not permitted, not listed in the rules
Treat it as coming off. The class requires the craft to stay stock except where the rules allow otherwise, and this part is not on the list, so this is our reading rather than a rule we can quote at you.
Legal, with conditions
Keep it, but measure it: the rules permit this part only inside stated limits.
No rule, this is an open class
Probably keep it. The class carries no stock clause at all, so anything unlisted appears to be open. The rulebook does not say so in terms, and this is our reading rather than a permission anybody wrote down.

OEM part required 4 classes

The original carburetor body must stay, with only the jets, needle valves and springs replaceable, the choke removable and an aftermarket primer allowed.

OEM part required 1 class

The original carburetor body must stay, with only the jets, needle valves and needle valve springs replaceable, the choke removable if it creates no extra air intake, and an aftermarket primer allowed. · M.2.2

Not permitted, not listed in the rules 1 class

DD.7 states no engine type, so a two-stroke entry cannot be ruled out, and DD.7 does not list this part, so under the DD preamble it is not legal on either engine. · DD.7

Legal, with conditions 1 class

Model-dependent. Polaris Hurricane, Yamaha WaveBlaster 701: Aftermarket permitted. U.3.1 Sea-Doo HX: Stock carburetors; jetting and de-choking allowed. · U.3.1

Legal, with conditions 1 class

Model-dependent. A two-stroke entry may run modified or aftermarket carburetors with no more venturis than cylinders and no slide type, while a four-stroke entry follows Four Stroke Ski Lites, which lists no carburetor change. · P.1, P.2.4

Legal, with conditions 1 class

Model-dependent. A two-stroke entry may run modified or aftermarket carburetors with no more venturis than cylinders and no slide type, while a four-stroke entry may only replace the jets, needle valves and needle springs and remove the choke. · BB.4.2, BB.5.1

Legal, with conditions 1 class

No slide-type carburetors, and no more venturis than the engine has cylinders. · T.3.1

Legal, with conditions 1 class

Slide-type carburetors NOT allowed. · S.3.1

Legal, with conditions 1 class

No more venturis than the engine has cylinders, and carburetors may be run with or instead of injection. · CC.3.1

Legal, with conditions 1 class

Venturi count must not exceed cylinder count and slide-type is prohibited, and four-stroke entries may run carburetors alongside or in place of EFI. · V.3.1, V.5.1

Legal, with conditions 1 class

Carburetors may be modified or aftermarket and run alongside or in place of fuel injection, with no more venturis than cylinders and no slide type. · X.3.1


Aftermarket carburetor: if the rule your class applies reads differently to you, or the rulebook has changed since this was read, ask. We answer with the section we read it from, or that we have not read it. Ask a rules question.

Every IHRA class · where the rulebooks differ · checks on parts the shop sells · how this site reads a rulebook.

Fuel · two and four stroke · legal in 8 of 29 answered, all with conditions

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