Karting Thread

[Fred C]

Okay, make sure to check them before each race, they have a nasty tendency to undo themselves. Speaking from personal experience.

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

Okay, make sure to check them before each race, they have a nasty tendency to undo themselves. Speaking from personal experience.

Oops, sounds like something I'll have to keep in mind.

 

[MSTER232]

But, four-strokes are easy.

...

Mine's done. Then, I decided to take the tires off for the remaining two months of brown- I mean white snow.

Nice kart mate .

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

Nice kart mate .

I really am the only one who doesn't like it, as-is?


I mean, the Birel chassis and everything else is lovely. I'm just not a fan of lime green.

But... for the fun of it:

Anyways, . I'll just imagine you're talking about the future, less green sticker bits.

Redand white seem best.

 

[MSTER232]

I really am the only one who doesn't like it, as-is?


I mean, the Birel chassis and everything else is lovely. I'm just not a fan of lime green.

But... for the fun of it:

Anyways, . I'll just imagine you're talking about the future, less green sticker bits.

Redand white seem best.

I actually don't mind the lime green, IMO it makes you stick out from the crowd 👍 .

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

I actually don't mind the lime green, IMO it makes you stick out from the crowd 👍 .

Hmmmmm. I especially mind having the name of a certain other racing driver on it, who is, in absolutely no way, me. I am me. Shane is not me.

 

[MSTER232]

Hmmmmm. I especially mind having the name of a certain other racing driver on it, who is, in absolutely no way, me. I am me. Shane is not me.

Well cross out the name of the random driver and write your name on it. Simples .

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

Well cross out the name of the random driver and write your name on it. Simples .

Yes. With tape. That could sorta work.

 

[MSTER232]

Yes. With tape. That could sorta work.

It would probably not look as good though.

 

[Bopop4]

Paper air filter, yes. Replaceable wet race one included, free of charge, but...

Personally, I'd get a foam air filter.
They don't get destroyed when someone climbs the rear wheel, and they do a WAY better job of filtering the air, with no performance loss.


And with the wheel nuts, it's normal to have a hard time with them, when I was changing tires I REALLY had to crank it to get them off.

 

[pinoyboiii408]

Been indoor /outdoor karting for a year now and still loving it ! . Anyone in northern california ? the places I race at are arrive and drives like for example lemans karting and k1 speed .

 

[MSTER232]

Glad to hear that you love karting like us. Have you considered owning your own kart?

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

Been indoor /outdoor karting for a year now and still loving it ! . Anyone in northern california ? the places I race at are arrive and drives like for example lemans karting and k1 speed .

I used to do arrive and drive. Turns out, 90 km/h isn't fast enough for me.


My advice, learn from arrive and drive as much as you can, then really get into karting, or such. It's a really fun time, especially when you own the kart, so you can maintain your own attempt at race wins, not drive the kart someone flipped yesterday (bad for oil/lubrication/gearing/frame etc.)

 

[Bopop4]

They lied to you if they said that you were getting to 90km/h, you won't hit that at Flamboro, but you will get to about 105-110 at Shannonville.

(Which seems a whole lot faster when you're surrounded like the middle peg in a tic tac toe box. )

 

[pinoyboiii408]

Glad to hear that you love karting like us. Have you considered owning your own kart?

I was thinking about it but after karting for awhile. I wanted to move on into sports car racing .

 

[Fred C]

Well karting is a good start regardless of where you want to take your career.

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

They lied to you if they said that you were getting to 90km/h, you won't hit that at Flamboro, but you will get to about 105-110 at Shannonville.

(Which seems a whole lot faster when you're surrounded like the middle peg in a tic tac toe box. )

Are you kidding me? They had radar guns... I bet Shannonville's a bit faster than 105-100 km/h. They showed us... We were flat out for about 6 tenths (or more) of a kilometer (from turn 3 to turn 1) at Hamilton, in karts that had the 6.5 motor.

I was thinking about it but after karting for awhile. I wanted to move on into sports car racing .

Read below. Sports cars, nowadays, is a highly competitive discipline.

Well karting is a good start regardless of where you want to take your career.

This. I want to race touring cars. Starting in karting will get me used to racing bumper-to-bumper, without having to replace a $50,000-80,000 car.

 

[pinoyboiii408]

Thats true. sorry if im getting out of topic about " sports car racing " .

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

Thats true. sorry if im getting out of topic about " sports car racing " .

It's what you want to do, after karting. It's a goal to set during karting. 💡 Win races, gain experience, get used to winning and losing.

 

[Fred C]

And even if the race is a lose cause keep going.

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

And even if the race is a lose cause keep going.

As I said, "get used to winning and losing," because both will happen. I don't think there's a single person anywhere, in a single series anywhere, who's won every race (s)he's been in.

Edit: Except Johnnypenso.

 

[Bopop4]

Are you kidding me? They had radar guns... I bet Shannonville's a bit faster than 105-100 km/h. They showed us... We were flat out for about 6 tenths (or more) of a kilometer (from turn 3 to turn 1) at Hamilton, in karts that had the 6.5 motor.

Unfortunately I'm not. At Montreal they had a giant straight, the Rotax's were topping out at 88mph iirc, and that's with 5-6 times the power of a stock GX200.

Don't worry though, it's not about the power, it's about how you don't waste it. 👍

 

[pinoyboiii408]

It's what you want to do, after karting. It's a goal to set during karting. 💡 Win races, gain experience, get used to winning and losing.

Yeah. I understand .

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

Unfortunately I'm not.

Video relevant?


Also, time to sue Bob Cameron for the pennies he's got to his name, and that 🤬 ugly Hummer he had/has. I have planned destruction. Nothing shall stop me.

 

[Fred C]

Saw Shannonville on Google maps.

 

[Bopop4]

Video relevant?

The video is at Leamington, and the top speed that the driver got up to was just a tick over 80 clicks.

Also, time to sue Bob Cameron for the pennies he's got to his name, and that 🤬 ugly Hummer he had/has. I have planned destruction. Nothing shall stop me.

Don't even get me started on that guy.
He organized a race series and promised that it would be televised, 2-stroke karts and everything supplied, then after people gave him the money, gave them nothing except an empty hole in their wallets.

I was watching a 4-stroke race televised there, you know what they did?
They overlayed 2-stroke sounds into the race. :facepalm:

The only good thing to happen there was a kart school that I went to years back, they got Robert Wickens as an instructor. (This was in his Formula BMW days, when he wasn't clobbered in media.)

 

[Lizard]

Is there anywhere in the UK I could rent a race kart? I haven't got the money to buy one. I have heard of this lets go karting thing but isn't that for under 16s? I am 19.

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

Saw Shannonville on Google maps.

It's huge? Or, what do you mean? The Nelson circuit is the kart track, and the karts are flat-out for a huge portion of that.

The video is at Leamington, and the top speed that the driver got up to was just a tick over 80 clicks.



Don't even get me started on that guy.
He organized a race series and promised that it would be televised, 2-stroke karts and everything supplied, then after people gave him the money, gave them nothing except an empty hole in their wallets.

I was watching a 4-stroke race televised there, you know what they did?
They overlayed 2-stroke sounds into the race. :facepalm:

The only good thing to happen there was a kart school that I went to years back, they got Robert Wickens as an instructor. (This was in his Formula BMW days, when he wasn't clobbered in media.)

Robbie Wickens Jr. used to race there, I met him.

Thing is, he raced there, until Bob Cameron 🤬 him off. Then he went to Formula BMW, then DTM! But he was beat by the other Canadian.

 

[lbsf1]

Is there anywhere in the UK I could rent a race kart? I haven't got the money to buy one. I have heard of this lets go karting thing but isn't that for under 16s? I am 19.

Sorry mate, this is what you are thinking of http://www.msauk.org/site/cms/contentviewarticle.asp?article=892 however it is only for for kids.

The closest you can get without spending £250 for a practice day hiring out a race kart from a team is to do something like a DMAX practice session with daytona karting, they use a junior rotax engine that has been de tuned a bit on a heavy duty birel chassis, not quite the same however more like it than any other hire karts.

 

[Fred C]

It's huge? Or, what do you mean? The Nelson circuit is the kart track, and the karts are flat-out for a huge portion of that.

It just how sweeping and fast it looks. My kart track now looks like a hire kart track.

Sounds like that other bloke is a complete :censored:hole