World Superbikes bosses have today issued the final changes to the 2014 technical rules which will see an eight-engine cap imposed, limits on the price of suspension and brake part, and the introduction of an Evo class.
Each rider will have a maximum of eight engines per season which will be sealed by FIM technical control at the beginning of teach event - but if the rider is replaced, the team's allocation does not change.
Any team going over the allocation will be send to the back of the grid for that race and the following two races provided it is in the same season - cue lots of new engines turning up at Jerez.
In terms of chassis and cycle parts, there will be a list of available forks, shocks and brake systems from which teams will be able to choose. Bikes will only be allowed to use homologated airboxes.
In the Evo class, the engine cap is six per rider. The engine tuning rules will be the same as European Superstock meaning no cylinder head work is permitted, cams are standard as are pistons, rings, rods and cranks. There is also a stipulation banning vacuum pumps in the crankcases unless it is homlogated.
Teams may use kit electronics or modify the software of the standard system but this cannot be more than one and a half times the cost of the original equipment. The maxiumum price electronics units cannot exceed a thousand Euros and only ten sensors are permitted.
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