Re: Adventures in Karting . .

["Chris Chemidlin" <spredhaus@hotmail.com>]

<x-flowed>YESSSSSIR!
I've been looking into getting a Shifter Kart myself.  Where else can you go 
racing (real, head to head racing) for around $5000 complete? You don't need 
a second Garage, a truck, or a shed full of parts. A set of tires will 
costyou less than 1 AutoX tire. Everything is cheap...
Where do you live again?
Flemington NJ has races all the time and I usually head down by myself. I'd 
be cool to have some company.  I'll find out when the next one is... There's 
also the Motorsports Show in King of Prussia, PA in Feb (?) that has a bunch 
of kart vendors.  Lets talk!



CHRIS CHEMIDLIN
http://www.spredhaus.com -- Finally Updated!
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58 Type1 Ragtop
84 Jetta uGLi



>From: XXSpArCoXx@aol.com
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Adventures in Karting . .
>Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 02:00:00 EDT
>
>     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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