Kart racing is bad ass

[BDSax]

That's not kart racing. It looks more like baby NASCAR.

I had a 100cc yamaha clutch kart when I was 15-17. It was very fun on the track.

suck my balls. lets see you set up a kart and race an oval, not as easy as it looks

[george graves]

suck my balls. lets see you set up a kart and race an oval, not as easy as it looks

Still - the whole point of carts is the handeling - that IS NOT the way one should experence karting...

[BDSax]

its the same thing on oval racing. you think that the kart handles like shit? you need to scale figure out weight transfer and it is alot more competitive than road racing.

[Justin B]

hey Justin B, do you use a Mychron 3?

Yes. It works fine for me, a hell of a lot better than those Digitron pieces of shit. A coworker has one of his kart and the RPM and all that stuff isnt realtime, all delayed a couple or 3 seconds before it updates again. Lame.

Off track, yes. I own a Mychron 3, its the basic, but it does everything I need it to do for me currently.

If I get sponsorship for this next season I may be looking into a new chassis and Mychron 4 depending how thorough it is and if I can de-tweak my current frame with the caster pills up front. It cracked, got welded up, raced a few races and it was decent, but it has a little extra camber on one side. Barely anything Of course the camber comes from all the way inboard at the spindle bearings so that also lifts the tire up some. Then that makes that corner of the front higher than the other and it touches the ground later messing up alignment with the bump steer. Ugh... /OT

[BDSax]

damn, new karts arent cheap any more, they are up to almost $2500!

the mychrons are all new to me, and we finally used the infared lap atachment and it was so awesome, we can we the min and max RPM and engine Temp. was really cool to see how the technology works!

heres a sample of a heat race.

Lap laptime [ms] RPM (min) RPM (max) TEMP (min) TEMP (max)

run 1 - lap 1 00.47.590 47590 0 4296 50 235
run 1 - lap 2 00.37.230 37230 1832 4200 189 259
run 1 - lap 3 00.33.000 33000 2280 5664 243 300
run 1 - lap 4 00.24.910 24910 2160 5928 282 327
run 1 - lap 5 00.31.290 31290 2224 4864 284 322
run 1 - lap 6 00.27.570 27570 2288 5760 275 320
run 1 - lap 7 00.13.200 13200 3080 6456 322 342
run 1 - lap 8 00.12.790 12790 3392 6712 340 347
run 1 - lap 9 00.12.460 12460 3056 6712 347 356
run 1 - lap 10 00.12.340 12340 3256 6744 354 360
run 1 - lap 11 00.12.210 12210 3384 6872 360 367
run 1 - lap 12 00.11.980 11980 3960 6864 369 372
run 1 - lap 13 00.11.890 11890 3256 7016 370 374
run 1 - lap 14 00.12.050 12050 3840 6944 374 378
run 1 - lap 15 00.11.950 11950 3344 6952 374 379
run 1 - lap 16 00.12.230 12230 3312 7016 378 383
run 1 - lap 17 00.34.440 34440 0 6600 352 381

[browntown]

Assoication???

[BDSax]

Assoication???

say what?

[browntown]

In the original video, the beginning title and credits. typo police.

[ColdAccord]

I have a vintage 50cc Margay Cheetah, fully operational, everything included. $600

[Justin B]

damn, new karts arent cheap any more, they are up to almost $2500!

I wish my chassis was $2500 bucks :drink:

The frame alone, without all the bits for mine (if I can even get it anymore, not sure if the 07 year chassis has enough changes that my components wouldn't fit) was about $1200 last time I replaced it. Fortunately though I didn't have to pay that since it broke so early. The replacement then finally cracked in basically the same spot but not all the way around so I'm in the process of hopefully fixing it.

If I were to/have to buy a new roller, with no engine package that runs upwards of $2500 (lets have another :drink:) is in the neighborhood of $3000.

Yeah, this is why I need to try to get to using some other people's money. Without chassis replacements, I'm spending I think about 5k a year easy, without transportation money.

*goes to cry in the corner