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Thanks Rick, I’m really looking forward to the first race since I don’t quite know what to expect yet.
We were on track at Firebird all day last Sunday with the cars and they’re fun to drive. It’s amazing how slowed down everything feels in a car compared to a kart. Power steering is nice too! VW sure put any myths of diesel’s being slow to rest, that’s for sure, they were little rocketships, and with 260 ft. lbs of torque, you could drive the whole track in 5th gear 😯 .I think you’re right though, it will be hard to get a good run on anyone because just after one day in the cars, all 30 of us on the team were within 1.5 seconds of each other.
Angie,
Glad you keep such a close watch on the site. I’m a member of a Toyota off-road club with an online forum much like this and it gets hit with spam all the time. Hopefully we can stay under the radar so-to-speak from the spammers.Just wanted to thank you for your efforts, they don’t go unnoticed! :redman
Looks pretty slick, wonder if it limits being able to turn around and look behind you while in a kart though…
Lap time depends. Around 51 seconds flat is the record for a shifter but a good time for a tag is 54.5 or so. Animal I’m guessing would be around a 56 or 57.
Looks to me like that’s an offset chassis…
If it is, are you asking what gear for the road course or for the oval track?
Not sure too many people will be able to help you if it’s an oval track kart.@Ben Schermerhorn wrote:
Rubbin’s Racin’, go run a national event, and the contact we have here is child’s play.
X2, you should see my parts bill from SuperNats last year, and none of my races finished with a black/checker…
Contact is part of racing, just as missing teeth is a part of hockey.
Sorry to be so blunt but you can’t race at these high speeds and in such close vicinity without expecting some rubbing. Blatent punting is one thing, but if you’re worried about tire marks on your pods, nothing’s going to change.All of what Marc said plus:
Don’t know how Rotax does their parc ferme, but Stars doesn’t even allow bottled water in. So pound a bottle before headin’ to parc ferme because once you’re in, they don’t like you leavin’.I don’t think I can answer many of your questions, but from racing nationally, though not with Rmax, the decision to use rain tires is up to the racer. Though you would have to be pretty dumb to use slicks in a legit rain. At least that was Stars of Karting’s rule about tires.
As for rain suits and all those accessories, they’re not required as well but let me tell you from experience that you will want a rain suit. I had one and still managed to get pretty drenched. You don’t necessarily need a swirler either. Use a clear visor and drill a few 1/4″ holes in the lower portion or you will fog it up real quick.
You’ll also want some narrower rear rims because rear rain tires are about an inch and a half narrower than rear slicks and they don’t seat on slick rims very well. The fronts are about the same and don’t require a different rim.
Richie, thank you! We all know that’s what Barry is about and it’s unfortunate that a new karter had to catch Barry on quite possibly the busiest week of his year.
By the way, when are you gonna be over here, Vegas was the last time I saw you and it was short lived. Give me a call if you’re in town.
@tealemm wrote:
I have been reading this for about a year and it is really sad when one person has a problem with another and they post it for the entire karting world to see if they so choose to read this forum. I think it is much better to confront the issue you may have with that other person face to face and work it out that way rather than complaining or if you have a complaint with a shop owner or a track owner call them personally on it don’t post it. I think as adults if you want to complain at least come to the table with a resolution.. I have learned a lot reading posts I think that is the way we should keep the Colorado Karter rather than making it a %^&*($ session. If I was out of state reading some of these posts I would think that Colorado had a lot of winers racing Just my point of view looking at Colorado as a wonderful Karting community My wife just looked at this and said to pull up our jock straps and go race……
Couldn’t have said it better myself, this is a forum to better the knowledge of our sport here in Colorado, not a place to vent personal attacks like it has been lately.
I’ve never heard of a NASCAR track coming here but I have heard rumors of a road course/motorsports facility somewhere near DIA. First I heard of it was probably 4 years ago and nothing has happened yet, so I think they’re just that, rumors.
@bhole wrote:
My question is did you buy the right pads for your rotor? They shouldn`t wear that much in one or two practices at any track.
Pads also come in different compounds from soft to hard that increase performance (soft pads) or increase pad life (hard). What kind of kart is it, or at least what brand of brake system? Some karts are notorious for brake gremlins. Also, you should have some brake shims on hand for this reason, as pads wear, you shim them so the distance they have to travel to the rotor is minimal. Keep in mind though, that as the rotor and pads heat up, they expand significantly (relatively speaking). So, it’s kind of an art to make your brakes work perfectly, it’s alot of trial and error until you know what your brakes need to be happy.
