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Here is a pretty good expanded view for parts needed. http://www.accelerationkarting.com/crankshaftpistonbalanceshaftbalancedrivewaterpumpdrivegearbox.aspx
Jason, Pull the plug and stick it back into the plug cap and lay the plug against a metal ground. Then spin the motor slowly by hand with a 14 mm socket over the gear nut. It should spin quite smoothly and quietly with very little resistance. Your feeling and listening for any clunking or grinding that would indicate that either the lower rod bearing went out, the balance gears went out or the clutch isn’t disengaging. Next I would take the carb off the reed cage boot and examine with a flash light the condition of the reeds. You could also look at the condition of the exhaust side piston face and compression ring by taking off the exhaust. Feel free to post back with what you find.
Isn’t CJKC racing 8/19? If so will you also have any tag and shifter adult racing that weekend too?
9/1 and 9/2 is also SKUSA @ Grand Junction.Craig’s Race at Grand Junction well become another great event that is going to logged into my limited memory banks.
I know I will have the most probable, possible, hopefully, wishfully, BEST time I ever had Racing…………..I hope to see many people that have been very inspiring during my past Best times have had Kart Racing and look forward to racing with the new Victims that have found the best thing since sliced bread!
Is Gunther, Mark coming?
Here is an event calendar that is found on the SKUSA site. The Calendar link on this site isn’t being utilized well.
http://www.superkartsusa.com/regional/rocky-mountain-pkc/event-calendar.html
Or click on this to see Coloradans Gping it up. http://www.gpracing.it/page1/
@Curt Kistler wrote:
And, if you drive like Deason, add another $4-500 per race for tie rods, axels, mood altering drugs, beer, and post race therapy.
Isn’t all that stuff included in SKUSA’s entry fee? :hypno
I get to go!!
I Look forward to playing with a bunch of good karting friends this week end. I plan to be down when the gates open Saturday. I’ll have a couple of new victims with me, one with his own master rotaxer kart and another running my old shifter. Roger if you happen to have an old race suit that would fit you please bring it along.Whats up with this long but tight stuff? The last time there it already was the fastest/slowest track in Colorado.
I do also hope that Colorado’s Jr. Racing club has just as much fun as I will this week end at IMI. 😀Eric, My 80’s started with somehow graduating from Hereford TX. and started karting in Kathy Tx. west of Amarillo with 5 Mac 101’s and a yamaha kart. Them lasted about 1 summer, then moved back to my hometown of Marshalltown Ia. and raced the sprint track there and the dirt oval at Newton, along with every street race they had around Ia. Them races are where the sponsors stepped up and promoted karters to come out of the woodwork and race. Jimmy Carter, Ron Jones and Gus Trader would draw 300 karts for one day of 6 classes. 4 cycle (light,medium,heavy) and 2cycle (light,medium,heavy)
$300 for 1st, $200.00 for 2nd, $100.00 for 3rd and $300.00 ambulance rides. Peak pick for the one race Gran prix start with over 50 karts fighting for the first turn off main street to first street.
I still have the flyers, entry forums, race notes and even one of my old motors from back then. I see at Ron Jones Des Moines Gran prix I entered and raced 4 classes plus one pit pass, a total of $148 for a possible $1200.00 pay back.
New rolling Chassis’s were $1250.00 with Bridgestones, along with a $425.00 Blueprinted Tater digger motor.
Oh well, them were fun times yet I am still manufacturing new great memories every time I get a chance to race a kart with other victims of the hobby.Roger, I’ll try to get myself and two other new racers down there for a weekend of fun.
Gunter, Krivanek? You mean the star on River Rats Gold & silver buyer/trader Mark Krivanek of Krivanek Jewelers.Humm,, It stays light out till about nine in the evening and more karts will show up to race till 10PM if you spend over a grand for a couple hours of artificial light? I am just questioning the use of hard to get sponsorship money for karting by lighting up a dark track for a couple of hours for karters that are investing 2 days to be there anyway. Sorry I may be too pessimistic, yet I see this as getting one day of karting from my two days of karting investment.
Terry and Eric, Back in my days there wasn’t qualifying we would draw/pea pick for line up of heat 1 and inverted all for heat 2. Results from booth heats combined determined the line up for the main.
Thanks Curt,
I did find some answers in there. It is a little muddy finding a direct link to rotax usage.
After a little searching here is the answers as well as I can find them.
1. New $340 rear bumpers are needed. (unless I can find or make a wide double tube bumper that meets the specs,that I can’t find.)
2. Old clutch is OK this year in rotax Tag masters class.
3. Could not find rules about using the old ignition coils in rotax Tag masters for 2011.
4. Old cylinder heads OK in rotax Tag masters this year.
5. New style air box must be used for Rotax.
6. Still don’t know if a rotax must have a passport and service center seals to race in SKUSA.
7. The race director can determine if my appearance is clean enough to participate. LOL That one may be my biggest stumbling block..
