[Matthias Schümann]

Hi Mark

You could stiffen up the rear end a bit, by mounting bracket’s from the rear axle bearing mount to the seat, we used to have to do that when we raced in formula A 100cc in the late 80’ties early 90’ties, to prevent the rear end from hopping, sometimes we ran up to 4 of these brackets, 2 on each side. Moving from a 30 mm axle to a 40 mm one helped a bit.

But with a soft chassis you should be fast in the rain :)

Best regards Matthias

[Matthias Schümann]

Hello again

Now I found out a bit more about this Superkart, it is an Anderson Mirage fitted with kelgate brakes, and the engine is in fact a rotax 258.

The guy who used to own it, used it for trackdays, not very competitive the laptimes he showed me were about 20 seconds of a competitive pace, it was painted in red bull colors completely with all the stickers, to match his friends f1 ferrari red PVP.

The Kart is in need of some tlc, the chassis is straight, but some of the solutions and fittings on the Kart made me roll my eyes, more than once I must add. But this is reflected in the price.

It need’s new Cik spec bumpers, and a total teardown/rebuild, not a problem for me, I have rebuild all kinds of racing cars starting with a bare chassis.

My dilemma at the moment is I have been offered an absolutely mint Mirage, as a rolling chassis , completely updated to 2012 spec, with 5 star braking system, it only needs an engine to go, for about two thirds of the price i would have to pay for the other Kart, I have to decide what I do.

I have some pictures of the kart and engine mounting I just don’t know how to post them here.

Best regards Matthias

 

[Matthias Schümann]

Thank you very much for your answer Ian.

The reason why i asked about the 258 , is this section in the Cik  regulations, copy paste from Cik:
7.2.2 Motorbike Grand Prix engines

Motorbike Grand Prix engines may be approved under the following conditions

they must have been designed before 2001.

As the 258 clearly is a motorcycle grand prix engine designed before 2001 ,but  i guess someone would have to do the paperwork for the engine to be entered into Cik events, but I don’t know if it would be worth the hassle.

 

We are still discussing the price but we are getting closer, I just don’t want to pay too much for an engine I can’t use.

 

Best regards Matthias

 

Now edited not easy to copy paste in this forum

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