Karting Thread

[Bopop4]

Bopop4: can't you use a karting suit as a bike suit? Wondering if you were looking for a new suit. I probably will buy another.

One is thin suit designed for the rare event of a flip. Decent protection for what you're doing.

The other is a 20lbs piece of cow. (Or 10lbs of kangaroo is you can afford it.)

A kart suit will probably be toast if you flip at 30mph.
You can crash at over 100mph in leathers and use them for the next race.
And a kart suit costs about 300 new. Good leathers are about a thousand.

So nah, not going.

 

[raceorama123432]

Pounds are entirely different, though. Besides, there are more karts and tracks in UK.

I know that. But it depends who you choose to race with - PFi can be upto 1k a year just to race!

 

[gokartman78]

I know that. But it depends who you choose to race with - PFi can be upto 1k a year just to race!

and the fact that they make you pay like £10 for staying overnight. and the canteen is a rip off, and they charge you like £50 a day, and thats just PFi for you :/

 

[raceorama123432]

and the fact that they make you pay like £10 for staying overnight. and the canteen is a rip off, and they charge you like £50 a day, and thats just PFi for you :/

Yup

 

[Renken95]

My kart a chassis (used) was €500 and my engine is a aixro xr50 , really good engine, 45 hp wankel engine , i really love the engine

Greetings from holland

 

[Bopop4]

Tires for one day are going to cost you more than the chassis.

 

[Renken95]

Tires for one day are going to cost you more than the chassis.

I don't no what kind of tires your using but we can do 1 day with them , they cost €175

 

[Bopop4]

Must be pretty hard tires then.
A few years ago in Florida, one of our guys was running a shifter, and he used 2-3 sets a day in practice.
(Mind you he was using MG Yellows, pretty soft compound, plus it was over 30C out.)

 

[Renken95]

Last year we used blue vega tires but this year we go to the softer green vega tires

 

[lbsf1]

Crikey, on our Mojo's we do two race days and a practice day on them. Its only the top drivers that have a new set per day.


Here is a vid from the a race meeting at my local track, I went down there to try out the slow mo on my camera, here are the results.

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

Must be pretty hard tires then.
A few years ago in Florida, one of our guys was running a shifter, and he used 2-3 sets a day in practice.
(Mind you he was using MG Yellows, pretty soft compound, plus it was over 30C out.)

And red MGs last a lot longer, right?

Thing I've noticed is that karts' tires are very very fast/grippy when they're brand new, and then the wear is slow afterwards. This means, from what I've noticed, that the karts will never handle better than on a perfectly brand new set, but they all handle/grip relatively well for a long time once the "mint condition" is worn off of the ads selling them.

 

[Bopop4]

MG reds are harder yes.

WRKC switched from yellows to reds a few years ago.


The thing with the reds are that they have a very consistent grip level.

iirc, the reds are actually faster once you do a few events on them.
(Even if I'm wrong, you won't notice a big difference between 1 event, and 4 event old tires.)

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

Yeah, that's why I don't want to start on brand new tires. If I'm lucky, I'll be close-to race pace to start out. I wouldn't want any disadvantage to start with, so that I'm the driver, and it's my fault I'm not fast.

I'm happy to have some pre-scrubbed reds.

 

[Bopop4]

New vs scrubbed tires won't change the results. (Think maybe a tenth a lap, if that.)


It would take a lot to be on pace at the first event, not to mention that the kart could be off slightly. (Do you know who's kart it was?)

Just try to get the most out of the practice day. 👍

(I don't know if you still can, but you can practice all day if you see John on a weekday, and just give him 50 bucks.)

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

Was Shane S.'s kart. Did you race with him? Apparently, he moved onto oval racing.


And, after mid-April, I'm hoping the snow's gone; mid-April is when ITCC ends.

 

[Bopop4]

I don't think so, I can't find him in any of the WRKC results.

Wow, for only doing 5 out of 14 races I still finished 11 out of 30. Didn't get an overall win that year though.

Looking back through the results, I now realize how competitive it was, top 6's lap times were covered by 3-4 tenths. Fastest lap was often decided by less than a tenth.

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

Good.

 

[Bopop4]

Why's that?
Because I traded decals with the whole field in Juniors?

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

Why's that?
Because I traded decals with the whole field in Juniors?

How many times did someone land on you?

Even I've almost had that, with arrive-and-drive karting (where 2 seconds a lap separates the tall, lanky guys like me from the small, lanky girls, who are way faster.)

Otherwise, no, but, because I want to learn as much as possible about battling for position in real life; I feel karting is an easy way to get up-close-and-personal on track, without paying for $500 dollars worth of repairs to a real car every time.

 

[Renken95]

Crikey, on our Mojo's we do two race days and a practice day on them. Its only the top drivers that have a new set per day.

Here is a vid from the a race meeting at my local track, I went down there to try out the slow mo on my camera, here are the results.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YhrjJ6FrLg">YouTube Link</a>

Where is that track , it looks nice and fast

 

[Bopop4]

How many times did someone land on you?

Flipped once, had people climb me rear tires too many times to count, ran other peoples tires too many times to count.
I don't think anyone has landed on me, apart from a T1 wreck in Rotax.
I did have a pretty good crash at Sutton, at least a half dozen karts involved.

Otherwise, no, but, because I want to learn as much as possible about battling for position in real life; I feel karting is an easy way to get up-close-and-personal on track, without paying for $500 dollars worth of repairs to a real car every time.

You'll get a lot of wheel to wheel action, but parts are expensive if you bend them.

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

Sutton? That's an Ontario track, isn't it?

As for me bending things, I've had good luck so far; only bent an axle and wrapped it around itself. (Thank god for arrive-and-drive 🤬 🤬 pelicans!) That was just a poor call by the stewards, stopping the field at the end of a long straightaway halfway 'round a blind corner.

 

[Bopop4]

Yeah, it's part of the BSRKC championship.

The turn at :37 is where everyone piled up, then I got collected into the barrier.
I was so pissed.

 

[raceorama123432]

Otherwise, no, but, because I want to learn as much as possible about battling for position in real life; I feel karting is an easy way to get up-close-and-personal on track, without paying for $500 dollars worth of repairs to a real car every time.

Ahh, so your starting out like me then mel

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

Ahh, so your starting out like me then mel

Obviously it's an awesome way to start.

Bopop, I'll watch that video soon, not available on mobile.

 

[Renken95]

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?featur...h?v=ZSPAb-G24Fs&feature=player_embedded&gl=NL

At minute 10 it is me (my Inflammation was broke , i can do it faster)

 

[raceorama123432]

At minute 10 it is me (my Inflammation was broke , i can do it faster)

With the black number plate? You still look quite quick 👍

 

[ITCC_Andrew]

Guys, drama!!

I can't find any manufacturer name or anything on my suit, and I forgot who made it. How do I find out who it's made by again?

There are no tags, and it's still entirely blank. All I can see is "Cordura" on the inside.

When I bought it, though, there were some tags (black with orange accent and white) and the word/name was five letters long. It was something like HEIST or something, but I can't remember. I'd really like to know who made that racing suit.

 

[gogatrs]

Isn't it illegal if you can't see the FIA tags?

 

[Renken95]

With the black number plate? You still look quite quick 👍

I am the one with the black number plate , thanks