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Come to Sepang next weekend and u will see various skills and racing craft that we can learn more.
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as mentioned before, the driving techniques varies from kart to kart…..applicable to 80 & 100cc.
the key is to adapt your driving style to suit, which takes experience.
on some 80cc, yes – there’s no brakes needed even for hairpins…..I say SOME karts again.
Some karts? Can we know the kart numbers please?
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[quote=alvinkhorfire]Some karts? Can we know the kart numbers please?
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Friend,
Its utterly pointless to know which karts because its condition change drastically from day to day as these are rental karts and I am afraid, often “abused” by all sorts of weird people. Meaning, the good kart today can be very evil by tomorrow and vice versa.Hint: Buy an ice cream and see if you can get one of the mechanic boys to point at a “good ” kart for you…..cos they know!
But it should not affect the corperate karts, the ones used by my-Kart, am I right? The corperate karts should be have quite consistent performance. But anyway, how to convince the mechanics to tell you the better karts because I don’t have special relationship with them?
Okay, may I know which kerbs in the Citykarting track can be taken? It seems that the kerbs are quite high. I once took a kerb at esses and the kart unstables for a few seconds. Is it okay? How should I take the kerbs in the proper way?
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Hi dude,
I’m probably the last person who you should ask advice from(ask abang Fazz about that), but I have learnt a few things in this club. In Shah Alam, DO NOT try to monster the kart around over the kerbs. It’s stressful to the machinery and you’d probably lose more time trying to regain control of your kart than save it. Nazri’s style, that Alain-Prost-super-neat-but-quick, style should be your template. Gently is always best with a creature that has a mind of it’s own.Cheerio mate.
Kerbs at CK is to be avoided as much as possible. It was badly designed and not designed to be driven on unlike the kerbs at Elite track & Sepang track.
I love the kerb at Elite track which is the the kerb just before going down the slope.[quote=Nohad]Kerbs at CK is to be avoided as much as possible. It was badly designed and not designed to be driven on unlike the kerbs at Elite track & Sepang track.
I love the kerb at Elite track which is the the kerb just before going down the slope.[/quote]Bila mau pigi try ah?
Thanks for the tips. I got of taking the kerb during K3 Group B Final at my-Kart Round 7. There is a guy wearing a white T-shirt and red vest (sorry I don’t know his name) overtook me going me going to esses. And, he took the second kerb of the esses to stay ahead of me. So, I was thinking maybe I can do the same like him. Well, maybe I will just follow your all advice not to take the kerbs.
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Bila mau pigi try ah?[/quote]
Visa sudah oh, how lah?
This month budget very tight oso, MLF + rd8 !!!
I think the curb at the end of the S can be taken using the front left wheel. Does that help to “bump” the kart into the correct line on the exit? Sort of like how the rally drivers use the snowbank to get the tail back into line.
Maybe Uncle Jules can enlighten us. I remember he told me to take the curb in the 125cc when exiting the S. So I just do it anyway, since Uncle Jules is my sifu mah. But I didn’t follow his instructions to not use the brake in the 80cc….scared lah!
Yes, you kerb the front LEFT wheel and the key word is try to do it late so u will exit as straight as possible to maximise speed for next section…..
Btw – I do kerb my own kart at some place so it’s not true to say all kerbs are not mountable…….you have to know which ones you can without damage to ur kart and most of all – which ones help in a faster lap…that one secret-lah….do >3000 laps and u know. he he he
When we dun encourage kerbing for rental karts, the reasons are clear esp since u likely drop ur chain, break ur disk and also hurt ur ribs……if u do it wrongly or at wrong places.
My advise to OSF was for his private 125cc kart…
Try kerb on own kart? I will need money to buy one. 3000 laps? Money also? Loh… What to do? Jules, I know if you spread all your secret around, you will lose your edge. Okay, let keep that as your secret.
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Does it helps if you sit infront to put your weight to the front for more grip around the corners? Or to move around?
I tried it, but my arms and back hurt a few days after that. I’m not sure if it definately helped, but I was faster than the rest 😉
Who, I’ll admit wasn’t very fast actually. So, that’s why i’m not too sure.
Thanks
[quote=RawFlesh]Does it helps if you sit infront to put your weight to the front for more grip around the corners? Or to move around?
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Basically go-kart setup just like MR setup of a production car. Driver sitting at the center and the drive-train at rear.
Lean forward to get better weigh distribution to the front is rather similar asking the question “will FR vehicle better grip then MR?”
My opinion, they are both equally good but just diffent of driving them. At MR setup, immediate left of throttle at high speed during corner, it will tends to have oversteer and this is its basic characteristic. Good thing is driver do not need to steer so much to get into exiting corner position, just tapping on throttle to get the right position and speed. This is due to weight from the back sudden distribute to the front yet drive train at rear is pulling the vehicle down. Driver will be able to get a bit more late breaking.
FR of 50-50% weight distribution say for example, it has to accountable to front weight, as if doing the driving style as mentioned before, the car will understeer.
And so, this will back to the debate, slow-in-fast-out Vs late-breaking-power-slide.
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