HEy everyone someone said to me the otherday on here that when racing karts seat height and position can be of great advantage how does this work out. please help me
Seat position is the MOST important setting in a kart (as it determines the position of your centre of gravity).
A proper response would be 5 pages long, and I don't have the time now, but I do STRONGLY recommend you do some research (and I'll chip in with some info later...)
I agree that you could write volumes about seat position! Check out my response in the other thread where you asked the same question for the basics..
Also keep in mind with dirt karting it's a lot harder to monitor the way a driver turns-in to the corner, as you really need to flick the kart and a lot of this is done with your body and not your hands.. I know you steer a bitumen kart a little bit with your hips, but nowhere near as much and it's pretty easy to see what a driver is doing by carefully watching the steering wheel..
No matter what you do with you seat position on the dirt, the driving style will have the biggest influence on the way the kart turns in to a corner..
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Seat position is the MOST important setting in a kart (as it determines the position of your centre of gravity).
A proper response would be 5 pages long, and I don't have the time now, but I do STRONGLY recommend you do some research (and I'll chip in with some info later...)
I agree that you could write volumes about seat position! Check out my response in the other thread where you asked the same question for the basics..
Also keep in mind with dirt karting it's a lot harder to monitor the way a driver turns-in to the corner, as you really need to flick the kart and a lot of this is done with your body and not your hands.. I know you steer a bitumen kart a little bit with your hips, but nowhere near as much and it's pretty easy to see what a driver is doing by carefully watching the steering wheel..
No matter what you do with you seat position on the dirt, the driving style will have the biggest influence on the way the kart turns in to a corner..