Pelly it is all a bit puzzling to me. To use a level you would need to refence to the karts level first, correct? To move on a bit, how often do you need to change it if at all during a meeting and for what reasons. This is my first lesson in learning what SK front ends do and the philosophy of how to set them up. We may be buying a 125GB and i am now needing to learn how they actually operate, why and what is the philosophy in setting them up. Do they weight jack at all or do you aim to keep all four wheels planted on the ground?
Chris, Talk to the manufactuer of the chassis or their "official" representive. They will have the best setting to start out with. There are different types of chassis and uprights and these different combinations are all likely to have different sweet spots, hence ask the manufactuer.
[quote author=RS250 link=topic=272.msg2594#msg2594 date=1204692304] Chris, Talk to the manufactuer of the chassis or their "official" representive. They will have the best setting to start out with. There are different types of chassis and uprights and these different combinations are all likely to have different sweet spots, hence ask the manufactuer. [/quote]
That really doesn't worry me, what I really want to know is this, are super karts set up to weight jack as a sprint kart is or are they set up to corner as flat as possible? The overall philosophy is totally different is it not?
Thanks John. I asked the caster question as a lead in to (I hope) a discussion on the philosophy of how webmasters are set up. I suspect it is not the same as sprint, but how different is it really? When I started sprint we were told to go and test and find out. As I now know I was told this because no one knows how to explain how to set a kart up and still don't. Some of them know how to set up their own kart but can't tell anyone else because they found out by trial and error. I really don't want to know any secrets, just a general run down on how super karts are expected to handle. I would hope this sort of question could help a lot more people than me as I have never seen anything written on making long track karts handle and why they do it. It would make anyone entering the sport more inclined to have a go if they have some sort of understanding of the chassis problems and answers to those problems. BTW I stood at the left hand turn off the straight for the south circuit at OP and most of the karts through there are bloody frightening to watch as they weave through that particular corner. I for one would not like to have a kart handle like that.
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Talk to the manufactuer of the chassis or their "official" representive. They will have the best setting to start out with.
There are different types of chassis and uprights and these different combinations are all likely to have different sweet spots, hence ask the manufactuer.
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Chris,
Talk to the manufactuer of the chassis or their "official" representive. They will have the best setting to start out with.
There are different types of chassis and uprights and these different combinations are all likely to have different sweet spots, hence ask the manufactuer.
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That really doesn't worry me, what I really want to know is this, are super karts set up to weight jack as a sprint kart is or are they set up to corner as flat as possible? The overall philosophy is totally different is it not?
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