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klx650sm2002 Serious Thumper Offline The more I learn the less I know. Posts: 2041 Cumbria,England Gender:	Racing Kart 10/30/10 at 11:31:39 This is 125cc 6sp kart that does 115mph and 0-60 in 3secs. Clive W
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Reply #2 - 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. Cheesy

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arteacher Serious Thumper Offline Ride as if your naked and invisable! Posts: 2581 London ontario Gender:	Re: Racing Kart Reply #3 - 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.
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mick Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Hell-bound Posts: 7323 Dayton Oregon Gender:	Re: Racing Kart Reply #4 - 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.
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mick Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Hell-bound Posts: 7323 Dayton Oregon Gender:	Re: Racing Kart Reply #5 - 10/31/10 at 09:57:03 klx650sm2002 wrote 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 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 ?
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klx650sm2002 Serious Thumper Offline The more I learn the less I know. Posts: 2041 Cumbria,England Gender:	Re: Racing Kart Reply #6 - 10/31/10 at 10:50:15 definately mph, a 125 will make about 45bhp Clive
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mick Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Hell-bound Posts: 7323 Dayton Oregon Gender:	Re: Racing Kart Reply #7 - 10/31/10 at 13:34:18 I'm impressed.
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Reply #8 - 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.

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kimchris1 Serious Thumper Offline Pink Posse Rider... Posts: 2135 Belfair, Washington Gender:	Re: Racing Kart Reply #9 - 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
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Racing Kart Reply #10 - 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.
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Reply #11 - 11/02/10 at 22:23:25

justin_o_guy2 wrote 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.

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.

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Reply #12 - 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.

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Charon Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1811 Harvard, NE Gender:	Re: Racing Kart Reply #13 - 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.
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Reply #14 - 11/03/10 at 08:49:36

Charon wrote 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.

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 ?

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