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Message started by klx650sm2002 on 10/30/10 at 11:31:39

Title: Racing Kart
Post by klx650sm2002 on 10/30/10 at 11:31:39

This is 125cc 6sp kart that does 115mph and 0-60 in 3secs.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Chpt_europe_3.jpg
Clive W :)

Title: Re: Racing Kart
Post by Phelonius on 10/30/10 at 11:33:31

Hell, the supercharger has pore power than some bikes.

Phelonius

Title: Re: Racing Kart
Post by Ed L. on 10/30/10 at 13:32:47

Yup, I was a member of the World Karting Association for two years and got out on Pocono International Raceway for hot laps and a race. Some of the laydown karts have been clocked at 140mph. My best speed was only around 95mph which is plenty fast enough when your is butt only an inch off the asphalt. I ran a modified Briggs and Straton 5 hp which was way outclassed by most of the field. :D

Title: Re: Racing Kart
Post by odmanout on 10/31/10 at 09:09:13

My brother-in-law raced karts- mostly sprint- and was north American champ a couple of times, I think. He raced a sprint kart at Mosport once with the laydown guys and placed.

Title: Re: Racing Kart
Post by mick on 10/31/10 at 09:53:12

They sure look like alot of fun,maybe I should get into kart racing ?
I bet they are not cheap,any ideas ? we do have a kart racing park close to where I live.

Title: Re: Racing Kart
Post by mick on 10/31/10 at 09:57:03

5F584C020104475906040406340 wrote:

This is 125cc 6sp kart that does 115mph and 0-60 in 3secs.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Chpt_europe_3.jpg
Clive W :)

Clive,are you sure you don't mean KPH ? that seems awful fast for a 125, and 0 to 60 3 seconds, Don't you guys use Kilometers now don't you ?

Title: Re: Racing Kart
Post by klx650sm2002 on 10/31/10 at 10:50:15

definately mph, a 125 will make about 45bhp
Clive

Title: Re: Racing Kart
Post by mick on 10/31/10 at 13:34:18

I'm impressed.

Title: Re: Racing Kart
Post by weracerc on 11/02/10 at 06:00:50

quite a few years ago (mid 90's perhaps) i was at the North Carolina Motor Speedway (commonly known as Rockingham) before NASCAR stopped racing there....anyway it was a Saturday when they ran the NASCAR Busch series and they had a WKA event as a prelim to the big race that day - anyway getting to the point here eventually - they were running twin engine laydowns and the pole was 135MPH the NASCAR pole that day was 128mph and the Winston Cup pole for Sunday's race was 138mph......go to say that was a pretty cool thing to watch, scary fast at times and them dudes ran wheel to wheel for a while passed on the high side down the front straight where there was not a n open groove....Awesome is about the best word i can come with to describe it...have not seen it again since then.

Title: Re: Racing Kart
Post by kimchris1 on 11/02/10 at 19:59:24

That looks like it would be a blast to ride. OO boy I can feel the wish list growing already.... ;) kim

Title: Re: Racing Kart
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 11/02/10 at 21:52:32

Theres an industrial park going in out near the house. Sure would make for a nice kart track till they get someone moved in.

Title: Re: Racing Kart
Post by mick on 11/02/10 at 22:23:25

342B2D2A3730013101392B276C5E0 wrote:

Theres an industrial park going in out near the house. Sure would make for a nice kart track till they get someone moved in.

To make it legal I'm sure you would have to follow some rules like safety items,ie hay bales ,a marked out track ,and the biggie ,insurance. and all kids of permits, you keep getting this land of the free thing all mixed up.

Title: Re: Racing Kart
Post by Phelonius on 11/03/10 at 07:48:50

In 1965 I was reading a hot rod magazine about a strange type of supercharger for drag racing. Since a supercharger requires power to spin it, this represents power from the engine not delivered to the wheels.
Since drag racing is only for a few seconds, a novel solution was found.
A rocket motor was fitted to a turbine that spun the supercharger. This gave a humongus boost in intake pressure without parasiting any power from the dragsters main engine. It worked but had technical problems so they were left with a few of these rocket turbines that could produce 135 horsepower for a short period of time.
Naturally some wit decided to put one into a go-kart to drag race with.
I think it turned something like 140 in the quarter when they put a phsycotic with a death wish behind the wheel. Hidiously fast for the go-karts of the day and extremely dangerous in that when the engine fired, it was full power until it ran out of fuel. No way to shut it off.
It was basically an aim and fire projectile with a person in it.

Phelonius

Title: Re: Racing Kart
Post by Charon on 11/03/10 at 08:18:50

Funny, Mick - as much as you complain about how bad it here in the USA, you are still here.

Title: Re: Racing Kart
Post by mick on 11/03/10 at 08:49:36

0E252C3F22234D0 wrote:

Funny, Mick - as much as you complain about how bad it here in the USA, you are still here.

I have explaned this many times,if it wasn't for my children and grandchildren,I would be long gone.there is very little difference between this country and the UK. I miss the people, well mannered,
polite, the food is ten times better ,as we speak I am saving up to go back for a longish visit and get something good to eat.
Does that answer your question ?

Title: Re: Racing Kart
Post by Charon on 11/03/10 at 09:00:03

I have lived in the UK, too. The food is better here. And I notice the UK is doing some serious budget cutting. Is your pension safe?

Title: Re: Racing Kart
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 11/03/10 at 09:07:12

It was basically an aim and fire projectile with a person in it.

Like puttin a gerbil on an Estes Rocket..Push the button & Hope..

Title: Re: Racing Kart
Post by mick on 11/03/10 at 09:10:13

416A63706D6C020 wrote:

I have lived in the UK, too. The food is better here. And I notice the UK is doing some serious budget cutting. Is your pension safe?

both my US and UK pensions are fine thanks for asking.the food is always better where you were raised.
So the food is not automaticly better here, When I eat bread I like to pick it up and break it ,crispy crust anall,you like that webbers bread,I should say an excuse for bread,I could roll up a slice of webbers or any American style bread into a very small ball,just about big enough to bait a hook. So where in the UK did you live ? where did you work ?

Title: Re: Racing Kart
Post by Phelonius on 11/03/10 at 12:45:33

373339312E323F3633373F235A0 wrote:

[quote author=0E252C3F22234D0 link=1288463499/0#13 date=1288797530]Funny, Mick - as much as you complain about how bad it here in the USA, you are still here.

Title: Re: Racing Kart
Post by Charon on 11/03/10 at 13:07:44

Probably the only food I miss from England is steak and kidney pie. Otherwise I thought the food tended to be bland and perhaps overcooked. As far as bread, I liked the bread in Turkey, when the building super brought it around in the morning still hot from the oven.

I was stationed with the USAF at a little radio site near Canterbury, and lived on the economy for the three years I was there, '63 to '66. We had a microwave site with our antenna reflector on one of the legs of an old Chain Home tower, shooting to another Chain Home tower at Dunkirk.

Title: Re: Racing Kart
Post by mick on 11/03/10 at 13:12:22

416A63706D6C020 wrote:

have microwaves been around that long ?
While you were stationed in England did "Jim Reeves" ever come to entertain you ? he was a country western singer,he was well known for the song "He'l have to go " Anyway I was his chauffeur,I watched two shows one at the Officers club,the other I guess was in the gym.
He did a very late show at Berty Greens "Aster Club" George Raft was a part owner,it's in Barkley Square,Jim Reeves invited me in ,paid for all my drinks and a very nice lady to keep me company ,unfortunatly my wife was at home ,and I didn't want to wake her, and to top it off a nice crisp C note, as you know alot of money in the 60s.

Title: Re: Racing Kart
Post by Charon on 11/03/10 at 13:28:18

I have to correct some location data, and thought about just editing. Our site was Dunkirk Hill Tower, about halfway between Faversham and Canterbury. We shot to Swingate, just the other side of Dover Castle from Dover. We were part of a London to Paris link. Then, sometime in 1966 after I left, Charles DeGaulle took France out of the military part of NATO, which rendered our link superfluous. NATO headquarters moved to Brussels, Belgium. It turned out to be possible - just - to shoot from Swingate to the very tip of Belgium. I didn't learn about that until considerably later.

Microwave radio is sort of an offshoot of microwave radar, and has been in use since the late '40s.

By the way, while I was there, I took advantage of being near Brands Hatch, and even attended a go-kart race there. In the rain.

Title: Re: Racing Kart
Post by mick on 11/04/10 at 21:32:24

Phelonius, Kidney pie not good,
now Steak and Kidney pie is delishious.
other pub favorite are Shepards pie, and Bangers and mash. Roast beef. Leg of lamb with mint sauce (not jelly).
I any of you guys ever go to Britain for a vacation eat in pubs ,it's a quarter of the price of a resaurant and the food is way better,you don't have to drink if you don't want to. FYI pub is short for "Public house" get a book on London Pubs to read on the plane going over.

Title: Re: Racing Kart
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 11/04/10 at 22:01:12

MMMM, Shepard's pie,, that stuffs Good.

have microwaves been around that long ?

Radar uses micro waves.