More Blue_ on his Kart :)

Looks like good fun, what sort of speeds is that getting up to on the fast bits in the vid?

Originally Posted by Ceri JC

Looks like good fun, what sort of speeds is that getting up to on the fast bits in the vid?

With that engine, and that gearing its about 75 (its about 80odd with my main engine). That is fast enough when ya bum is literally scraping the floor!!

With taller gearing they do about a ton ... but the straight isn't long enough at FE to require that.

[Wideboy]

well i have been toying with the idea of making one (not for racing unless its allowed)

me and a mate where looking at doing it as a joint project a few years ago

and i was joking about letting me have a go. tut you Portsmouth foke have no sence of humor

Originally Posted by Wideboy

well i have been toying with the idea of making one (not for racing unless its allowed)

me and a mate where looking at doing it as a joint project a few years ago

and i was joking about letting me have a go. tut you Portsmouth foke have no sence of humor

'Making one' do you know much about kart geometry??? Bearing in mind it on the face of it seems quite basic (no suspension and solid rear axle), it is exactly those reasons why it is actually a little complicated ... well at least important to get it right ... if you can't make a kart with geometry where it lifts the inside rear wheel, it will never be able to turn (within any useful radius)!

Oh and I don't 'come' from Portsmouth, I just live near there, please don't associate me with those knuckle draggers!!!

Blue, do you just take it onto your local track then? I looked into Kart racing about a year ago and discovered it was far too expensive for me to take up! Plus I always go into corners too quickly and find myself losing loads of time going sideways

Originally Posted by robchester

Blue, do you just take it onto your local track then? I looked into Kart racing about a year ago and discovered it was far too expensive for me to take up! Plus I always go into corners too quickly and find myself losing loads of time going sideways

yeah I do the Kart equivalent of trackdays on mine There are quite a few tracks in about a 100mile radius, I intend to do as many as possible over time ... but the main 'proper' local one is Forest Edge ... Matchams is about equidistant and good fun, but really poor surface ... it damages the kart and a bit 'Micky mouse' in its setup so not gonna be a regular venue ...

[Wideboy]

i did the kiddie karts when i were a wee nipper at Matchams, the track at hollywell fun park in Cornwall is good but i doubt they would let you take your own seeing as their karts are slow and boring and have restrictors

We've got Teesside Autodrome near us and an Ironman event with so many people in it (15 minimum i think) is about £45 for 10min practice 10 min qualify and 40min race which is pretty good I thought. Thats with their karts though but the track is very good.

Originally Posted by robchester

We've got Teesside Autodrome near us and an Ironman event with so many people in it (15 minimum i think) is about £45 for 10min practice 10 min qualify and 40min race which is pretty good I thought. Thats with their karts though but the track is very good.

Are they the 4-stroke honda jobs or the 100cc 2-stroke DD karts??? they are a world apart