Adventures in Karting . .

[XXSpArCoXx@aol.com]

    Well, today I was bored at work when I decided to entertain my bosses 
invitation to go hang out with the guys after work. Boy was that good choice. 
I was introduced to the sport of Karting. I'll never be the same, neither 
will my rocco.

    After turning back from our trip to the track because some selfish 
bastard decided that today he was going to jump off the bridge, blocking our 
only way to the track. We decided to go to the new OLD NAVY ware house, which 
was still under construction and try there newly paved parking lots. I have 
to see if I can get them to allow autocrossing there in the future. After 
finding out the hard way that one should not take ones lowered car into a 
construction site, even to get to virgin tarmac. I bottomed out and separated 
my exhaust from my cat. Man are 16v's load when there's just a header and a 
cat.

    Well, after deciding to let my exhaust cool down for a bit before trying 
to fix it for our ride home, we decided to pull the kart out from the back of 
my bosses truck. This thing was 4 feet long and about 3.5 feet wide for those 
of you that didn't know the size of these things. It weighed only 200 to 250 
pounds at the most and had a good 90+ BHP. Man this thing was fast 0 to top 
speed of 110 MPH and back in less then 100yrds. It took me about one run to 
get used to the sequential 6 spd motor cycle gear box. Once I had it down I 
had this thing moving with insane hard braking and down shifting into turns 
and insanely quick exits and straight line acceleration through all six 
gears. I thought I took a lot of G forces in some race cars I've had the 
pleasure to drive before. Nothing compared to the beating this little Kart 
Gave my kidneys and ribs in the brief time I drove it. I just had to share 
and say if you have the chance to take one of these little beast out for any 
reason do it.

    After fixing my exhaust and hoping back into my, what now seems roomy 
Corbue racing seat I came to a conclusion. One my car is damn quit and second 
its friggin slow to me now. Damn Karts, Well if you haven't guessed I'm now 
looking into buying a Kart. So any listers on the East coast or anywhere have 
product advice please feel free to share your knowledge. I think I'm hook and 
I'm going to try my hand at racing this spring. I wonder if I can get a tach 
and a Speedo to work on a 2 stroke 125 cc motor?

Later
88 16v
85 8v (RIP) sold for parts
125cc Shifter Kart soon.

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