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Re: 2008 tonykart front setup
Posted by 'Zatharos' on 25 Sep 2011 @ 23:53

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I assume you are using the older 4 position caster adjusters.
Both arrows facing forward gives you neutral caster- this would probably struggle to lift the rear around tighter corners- causing the unloaded tyre to drag- slow and understeer.
Full caster setup will jack the kart chassis however you can have problems in fast sweeping corners-where you really want 4 tyres on the ground.
It's all very much circuit dependant.
Have you considered a half caster setup?
several ways in doing this:
1.
You can set the top pil forward and the botton pil at 90 degrees( arrow outwards)- however this introduces small degree of camber.
2.
Use a centre pil on bottom with the top pil facing forward- this gives you half caster with zero camber.

The way I remember it is:
full caster = 16 degrees KPI
neutral caster = 14 degrees KPI
Caster off = 12 degrees KPI
Half caster allows = 15 or 13 degrees KPI

Camber can be adjusted -2,-1,0 +1 or +2.
The newer multihole pil adjuster just give you more options (further confusion !)

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2008 tonykart front setup by 'HarryH1997' (22 Sep 2011 @ 23:28)

Re: 2008 tonykart front setup by 'Cadet49Dad' (23 Sep 2011 @ 7:34)

Re: 2008 tonykart front setup by 'jmw' (23 Sep 2011 @ 10:50)

Re: 2008 tonykart front setup by 'jmw' (23 Sep 2011 @ 10:54)

Re: 2008 tonykart front setup by 'HarryH1997' (25 Sep 2011 @ 12:20)

Re: 2008 tonykart front setup by 'Zatharos' << You are here!

Re: 2008 tonykart front setup by 'HarryH1997' (26 Sep 2011 @ 21:58)

Re: 2008 tonykart front setup by 'HarryH1997' (26 Sep 2011 @ 22:03)

Re: 2008 tonykart front setup by 'jmw' (26 Sep 2011 @ 22:34)

Re: 2008 tonykart front setup by 'HarryH1997' (30 Sep 2011 @ 23:27)

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