Thread: Anybody into Karting?

Originally Posted by Gibo

I know feck all about karting but I do know where a track is that has deer on it now and then

End of Manoeka road by mark fagans old farm ? used to take our go kart up there on weekends to have a play when there was no racing it was powered by an old 125cc McCulloch chainsaw engine was a bloody good go kart till the old man took it off us and sold it after my older brother decided to drive it on the road one day and got caught by the old man coming from the other direction.

Enjoy it's a great sport, used to do a bit with my son about 20 yrs ago in TePuke.

Originally Posted by sakokid

The type of carting I like is lugging a deer back to the hut in the bush,

You probably started early like me carting firewood in from the woodshed.

Folks I knew in Albany used to do it quite competitively. I went along a couple times, after the practice lap, they would be able to work out if they needed to go up or down a tooth or two on the rear sprocket to get the cart pulling optimum for the conditions. They had a selection of sprockets. From memory, they were looking to pull 14000 rpm at peak and if he couldn't get that, he went up a tooth.

Cheersguys, yeah ishoot10s, the gearing and jetting for specific conditions on the day are key to having a competitive kart.
Apparently our track her is 11 tooth front sprocket and 82 to 86 rear depending on weight, so you basically hit the limiter just before the end of the main straight but have enough drive out of the tight corners, always a compromise with no gears!

I ran KTs for years and 250 GB.
Mates just brought rotax max setups so might get back into it

Those 250s look pretty mean, would be keen but no class up here for them, need a good open track to really enjoy them. Rotax should be good fun still!

I believe the lap record around Kyalami (has had F1 cars on it) is still held by a 250 Superkart!

Originally Posted by Spudattack

Those 250s look pretty mean, would be keen but no class up here for them, need a good open track to really enjoy them. Rotax should be good fun still!

I believe the lap record around Kyalami (has had F1 cars on it) is still held by a 250 Superkart!

No chance!

Kyalami lap records - FastestLaps.com

Think you will find those are road legal times



http://www.protiming.co.za/250-q/



Would take a superkart 12 laps to lap the atom!



Did find that Nigel Mansell still holds the all time record of 1:17, so the karts are a bit behind that but as quick as the Wesbank V8s.

Originally Posted by Spudattack

Think you will find those are road legal times



http://www.protiming.co.za/250-q/

Am I reading that site



Would take a superkart 12 laps to lap the atom!



Did find that Nigel Mansell still holds the all time record of 1:17, so the karts are a bit behind that but as quick as the Wesbank V8s.

Jeeeebus - that is pretty damn quick!

250 Cup | Pro Timing

My old flat mate is the sister of former OZ karting champ Matt Wall.
That family live for high octane fuel.

If you get hooked and race competively shes a bottomless pit.

A few years back I spent an afternoon in Perth Go Karting on an indoor track with Greg Murphy and Jason Bargwanna, shit they were like lightning, ended doing a few illegal tactics to slow them down.

burn out vids please

Before I started chemo when I was first in palmy I went to the go kart track there it's pretty fun. I wouldn't mind building one.

Put this together myself a few years back. Gn 250 powered 5sp. Awesome fun on the gravel and dirt, bloody fast but oh the drifts and donuts in the paddocks were a hoot.