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Re: rotax set-up - grip - etc
Posted by 'alanrr' on 31 May 2010 @ 23:23

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Far tooooooo much of a generalisation there.

YOU have to diagnose what your kart is doing before you decide what to do about it.

It's usually a six part question starting with the front three.

Is the problem at the start, middle or end of the corner?

Is it gripping too much or too little at the start, middle or end of the corner?

The same three questions can also be asked of the rear.

Once you can analyse what the kart seems to be doing, you can then set about doing some alterations to your setup.

Is it pushing on then gripping, is it gripping, then letting go.

Is the back tending to come round causing oversteer and at what point does it do it?

I will say though that tyres are a most important ingredient of handling and newcomers tend to be running old rubber.

If you cure your problem when running old rubber, you can find that all your setup goes out of the window when you get some good rubber.

Therefore, log all your changes and only change one thing at a time.

If that improves things, keep it, if it doesn't, put it back and try something else.

Tell us what you think your kart is doing and we'll try and help.

Message Thread:

rotax set-up - grip - etc by 'Simon43' (31 May 2010 @ 20:26)

Re: rotax set-up - grip - etc by 'Hootsman' (31 May 2010 @ 23:14)

Re: rotax set-up - grip - etc by 'alanrr' << You are here!

Re: rotax set-up - grip - etc by 'Simon43' (31 May 2010 @ 23:39)

Re: rotax set-up - grip - etc by 'huxley' (01 Jun 2010 @ 21:11)

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