[Brian Degulis]

I agree this new and improved forum is dying a slow death and it’s a shame. Lack of participation leads to more of the same because after a while you don’t bother checking in any more.

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[Brian Degulis]

I’m not sure but the R might indicate that there is a sleeve around 4″ long inside the axle with holes in it that line up with the keyways in the axle. The sleeve is normaly driven in and positioned where the sprocket clamps on. I think it’s more to prevent crushing the axle with the sprocket and to provide a little more thickness for the key. The hard swift axle comes with that piece in it or if you have one it could be removed from the old axle. Push it out the side that’s not bent.

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[Brian Degulis]

The first thing you should do is get the kart scaled and see how your weight distribution is. If you find your heavy in the rear then consider getting a front porch extension for your kart. That will alow you to move the seat further forward and shift weight forward. Then basic chassis adjustments and possibly diffrent tires or combinations of diffrent tires front/rear might be usefull. Weight is a big big deal and it’s hard to compete when other karts are much lighter so all you can do is try to use the aditional weight where you can.

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[Brian Degulis]

I did the same thing. At first I would charge into the corners way to hard brake way to late and come out way to slow. Then I got some advice and I started coming in to slow. I found the best way to figure it out is to follow someone that’s fast. You’ll be able to see exactly what your doing wrong.

After being in this for a year now I am throughly amazed at how much there is to “racecraft”. It’s pretty easy to show up on a track day and do what most are doing. After a few months I was able to run the average times pretty easily. Getting up to where the really good guys are is a whole diffrent story.

Someone mentioned it earlier on another thread. I think a drving or “racecraft” section in this forum would be a very good idea and probably generate a lot of participation.

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[Brian Degulis]

No way that’s worth trying to repair. Your much better off getting another frame or roller.

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[Brian Degulis]

It’s often described as a stepping stone for kids working they’re way up to auto racing. Although that’s true a large percentage of karters are adults with no intention of moving on to auto racing. You can get into it for a few thousand dollars in a 4 cycle class or spend 10 of thousands on a shifter. No matter which way you go or progress to one thing holds true. It’s easy to get into and easy to do but it’s un believably hard to do really well. It’s the never ending quest for the perfect line, a really good time, a well executed smooth pass or a podium finish that keeps most people in it knowing they will never be completely satisfied with they’re own ability.

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[Brian Degulis]

There is at least a chance that a good fab shop can straighten your frame but you have to post a pic to get reasonable answers.

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[Brian Degulis]

http://www.hrpowersports.com/ These guys will probably have a good used stator cdi and coil for under $200

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[Brian Degulis]

Wildkart makes 3 17MM hubs with bearings pressed in. Short medium and long. The medium is what’s on most sprint karts it will give you the width your looking for. Just get a pair of them around $50 and some metric pattern wheels and your all set.

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[Brian Degulis]

You don’t need any experience. Pretty much all sprint chassis are OK unless they’re really old. Just look for the tag showing the hom # it’s normally on the cross bar behind the seat. Engine age shouldn’t be an issue diffrent engine types have diffrent minimum weights (kart and driver) to compensate for power variations. You might consider doing a few local club races first. It’s a good way to get a feel for it.

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[Brian Degulis]

FL does have some nice tracks. My home track (Anderson Race Park) is clean nicely landscaped convenient open 6 days a week and the people are as friendly and helpfull as I’ve run into karting or otherwise. Ocala Grand Prix, PBIR Homestead and jacksonville are all great tracks. Plus no snow we go year round here you just sweat a lot in the summer.

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[Brian Degulis]

It was originaly posted as a night race but according to the OGP website it’s been changed to a day race. I’m planing to be there.

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[Brian Degulis]

The problem with most karts is that the yoke is not big enough to fit the sniper system. You would have to weld in a piece around the existing upper structure smooth it all out and mount the sniper pill.  If you can do that or get it done it is the best front end adjustment system I’ve seen.

 

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[Brian Degulis]

If you really want to get seat time and you feel TAG is not enough then a DD2 is your answer. It’s faster than an 80CC shifter and it’s as close to trouble free as you can get in a kart.

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[Brian Degulis]

They aren’t classing them seperatly for the starter. You’d have the aditional weight but depending on the drivers weight it may or may not matter. I’m thinking about one because it’s well supported localy. I’m just not so sure about getting into something that no one else is using.

 

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[Brian Degulis]

Yep I have one and that’s pretty much true. 48 HP with no real power band the torque is there at all throttle positions above 5000 RPM. 50 hours between rebuilds and the rebuild is pretty simple some guys in the UK are running 100 hours and still competitive. The down side is it’s a $7000 engine and the US importer leaves a lot to be desired. And that’s part of my prefrence to honda. When you have plenty of sources for parts your not forced to deal with a bad one. Many that have Aixro here in the US deal with people in the UK rather than the dealer/distributor in south FL.

 

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[Brian Degulis]

For us more power is better. For track owner/operators it’s not. They need to consider insurance and overall safty in general. CR250 or CRF450 is to much power for most sprint tracks.

 

 

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[Brian Degulis]

For me it doesn’t have to be American made it just has to be well supported in the US. Purpose built is nice but with all the stuff that’s available to adapt a Honda it’s far from a jury rig. For me “what you see is what you get” is a good thing. I’m not interested in chasing the latest greatest Italian engine every year.

4 strokes? I love them!!!! I have a CRF250 and a 450. Both are torque monsters and just amazing rides. Because production numbers on them are so much higher than anything in karting parts and information are very easy to find. The weight is a down side but not as bad as some might think. I pulled a Pavesi off one kart and replaced it with a CRF 250. The increase was under 18 lbs.

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[Brian Degulis]

Derek think about this. You have a group of manufacturers building and marketing KZ engines. They’re modern complete dedicated kart engines. One obsoulete converted bike engine is more popular in the USA than all the KZ’s combined.

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[Brian Degulis]

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[Brian Degulis]

It’s always subjective but facts are still facts. Is the CR125 out of production as Tom states? I thought Honda was still producing them for karts?

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[Brian Degulis]

You need around 3″ below the bowl to get enough radius on the the adjustment cable. The jet range is 140 to 190 and that’s what it does and it does it very well.

 

 

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[Brian Degulis]

Yes it makes some sense that it may cool down a little with air flow but it’s not possible to be running 95 on a 95 degree day no matter how much air flow you have. When you checked it with your infra red did you take the reading where the sensor threads in?

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[Brian Degulis]

Marc next time you come out we can check it with my infra red thermometer or just plug your Mychron into one of our temp senders and know for sure what’s bad.

 

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[Brian Degulis]

Definetly MCP they aren’t hard to adapt they aren’t expensive and they work great. If you combine the standard caliper with the small bore master cylinder You’ll have a little more pedal travel but very effective breaking.

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