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Last call guys… first newsletter out in just a few days – one of the things I was hoping to inform you guys about won’t be quite ready to be announced in time for the newsletter but some related stuff will + some of my random thoughts. :).
Response has been encouraging so far, about 30 sign-ups already :).
If i understood correctly it’s a program to keep mat rempits away from street racing by giving them activities to do in the evening/night? And it’ll be at the Shah-Alam kart track area and will be held two weekends a month from now on?
Anyone going to have a look?
Yeah even though you can get away with it you really don’t want to clip the curb, 9/10 times it’ll throw you completely off line :).
Yeah the line in the diagram isn’t 100%, and usually exaggerated where I want to make something obvious (like the last corner the turn-in isn’t quite that violent).. the layout should be pretty good since it’s traced from a google map 🙂
I agree with what you mention, but I’m always closer to the curb on the first bit than later in the mid-corner, simply because to go around so that i clip closest towards the end would be an unnaturally late turn-in. Very close to the curb on the first part, and still staying quite close later, but just a bit out.
Oh and just to clarify.. by “slightly deep entry” do you mean late turn-in, or hammering it into the corner late on the brakes with an early turn-in?
No other corner on the track has drivers making as many corrections after turn-in as T10 because if you get it a bit early on entry you have to adjust to avoid the curb – then you have to adjust again ’cause you’re going to run wide on exit :). Great corner to watch the difference between drivers. Many drivers turn-in too early and oversteer through the 2nd half of the corner trying to keep the kart turning enough to avoid running out of road on the exit 🙂
Here’s a shot of Hafi taking the entry how imo it should be taken – very close to the curb and pointed to keep the line tight around the curb.
Photo by Peter-Lim.Wow you guys confused me…
Turn 10 …… if the first part of the inside curbing (the curbing you’re most likely to accidentally drive over) wasn’t there you’d have a nice run for a later apex getting very close to the curb, but now as it is the curbing forces you to stay on the outside a tad and keep it tight after it. So the actual apex isn’t really where you are closest to the curb, but slightly after it – if you turn in too early and have to correct to avoid hitting the curb you don’t hit the actual apex later in the turn.
Not sure if that made any sense… 🙂[quote=naza]
Fyi, Kelab Kart Selangor/ WP charges RM 200 / year.
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I only ever remember paying RM100/year for KKS. The membership renewal forms that I have state RM100 for racing membership and RM20 for social membership. Could’ve changed without me noticing though.[quote=feekey]Greetings,
anyway my humble opinion is that if we are running on a hard compound tire, we should not go for the rolling start, its too dangerous. 1st corner is the main killer, what happen there was the enthusiasm of me at the 1st corner. but again there are pro n con about this starting style.
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Pro would be that other than some shifter kart categories a rolling start is the only way every kart series anywhere starts. Care to explain why you feel it’s more dangerous than a standing start? Usually a rolling start is considered as the safer option. Also why does the hard compound make it more dangerous than when using a soft compound? Just curious ’cause I can’t really see the reasoning.As kart engines aren’t designed to go good from 0 you’d see massive differences on how karts get off the grid on a standing start.
[quote=Jules]Mikko,
Maybe Mikko can share his view on these APS65 tyres.
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Ah they’re the same tyres we had for ROK 4&5? In that case understeer is almost a characteristic of the tyres :). Maximum castor, toe-out of ~3mm, front ride height up. My kart didn’t work well with the rear out all the way, worked best after moving it in 1cm – increased overall grip.Round 4 I had a faulty set that came apart in 30 laps so they weren’t much good :0.. Sunday set was much nicer – they were consistent throughout the day, for qual I realised that a new set only comes in after 5+ laps and kept getting faster, so I stayed out for longer than most drivers and I think i qualified quite high up.
Most soft tyres are a few tenths faster on the first laps than they ever will be again, so doing more than 5 laps in qual is a waste of time.
In the long final they did start understeering more towards the end which was mainly because I was pushing a tiny bit too hard and put a bit too much heat in them, but should’ve started with about 1/2 psi lower pressures. It’s really important that you can get the setup spot on with the tyres because if you’re understeering a lot it’ll just make the tyres work even less effectively.
[quote=luen]can not find GP-5k but only at the european website. Whats available from Japan are GP-5, GP-5s and GP-5xfor the GP series.
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That’s because in Japan the GP-5k is the GP-5s, if I remember correctly the fit of the Japanese version is different to the 5k. It’s a helmet designed with saloon/rally car racing in mind – it has less air ventilation than the GP-5, and a larger eye-port (GP-5W still more suited for closed-cockpit racing).[quote=Nohad]
Just like to find out, as all are on the same type of tyres, did you experienced bad understeering? Is it the characteristic of the tyre grade?
Mine did, It only got slightly better during the 2nd half of the final race when the tyres are nicely scrubbed & warmed up.
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Very rarely do you have understeer that gets better the longer you run. Usually it’ll just get worse.. one possibility could be that your front pressures were too low and only got up to the proper pressures during the longer race?[quote=luen]Arai GP5X (auto racing)[/quote]
GP5-X is not an auto racing helmet, it’s a motorcycle helmet styled after the gp5 auto racing series.I sell bell helmets, starting from RM1500 for SA2000 ones… I’ll post more later I gotta run now.
Holy Crap!… and I thought the Johor Street race in Rotaxes and ICA karts was a bit crazy. There guys are in SuperKarts!
Here’s a quote from an article in e-kmi.com:
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We are so worried about quantity that we forget about quality. We work so hard to bring people into the sport, that we completely neglect the education they need to show some success that would justify continued and expanded participation.A racer needs more than just a rule book, insurance and a schedule. The lack of services he/she received now tends to leave a competitor financially, mentally and physically burnt out, leaving the sport after about four seasons. Industry leaders project this turnover at anywhere from 65% to 70% of the participants.
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Same thing happens here. The kart shops try real hard to get you to buy a kart, but often what happens after you buy the kart is that you get very little advice on driving, setup, kart maintenance – you probably won’t even get the above quoted rule book and race schedule here until you ask – and then ask again. Some kart shops do an ok job it seems – but usually only for the first few weeks, then it’s focus on the one or two fast guys that buy stuff from you and forget about the new guys.The article is an interesting read. It’s about the US karting industry of course.
