Handling

JIM SILVERHEELS · Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 2:42 pm Post subject: Handling

I've been re reading as much as I can on handling this past week. One author is in left field, one in center, and one in right on the same topic.
I think I'm gonna ask TJ from now on when I want to know something, he seems to know the most. Now to finish the Captain Morgans. hiccup
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Ray Lovestead · Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 3:53 pm Post subject:

I'm in the same boat. I took a CRG manual and an Arrow manual and both have directly conflicting information. (Although I tend to agree with Arrow).

Translation errors? Australian is a very gutteral language with strange names as I understand it.

Ray
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Dan Haynes · Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 7:30 pm Post subject:

Same with the Kosmic and Arrow manuals. The Arrow manual seems to follow conventional wisdom. The Kosmic manual said several times, in most cases a hard axle will work, or sometimes a softer axle. This was true with hubs, vars, etc. I found their manual not very useful.

But as far as the differing opinions, they might all be right, depending on application. Smaller, lighter drivers will likely need a different adjustment than a larger, heavier driver. We bought our Arrow off Beasley right after he went from 33rd to 2nd at the Rotax qualifier at NCMP in 2010. Blaise jumped in it without making any adjustments and he wasn't happy with the handling. I realize it was a different track, different engines, different tires, and different drivers, but it took a lot of getting used to. In the end we ended up back pretty close to where we started with it. I think it was a matter of the 2 brands feeling so different.
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JIM SILVERHEELS · Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 7:00 am Post subject: TJ

TJ, yerrrrrrr welcome me boy !
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Chris Livengood · Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 7:19 am Post subject:

It's just a shame there is no voting system around here that would make stickies out of the best posts. The same questions get asked over and over again. TJ will never be able to leave the forum. He is our karting messiah.
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Jim McMahon · Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 11:23 am Post subject:

sweet jesus not a wiki. Ever tried to get an everyday person write in one?
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