Thursday, January 14, 2010

Kart Set Up Question

Hi Terrance,What is the effect of adjusting the karts ride height (Front and Rear)?I saw the setup recently from the Australian Rotax Nationals where the winner was running a medium front setting, and a high rear on a grippy track. Thanks!

The idea is the higher the ride height the greater the weight transfer across the kart to the outside tyre, so a high ride hight might sound strange for high grip. But I'm guessing that they were looking for a nicely balancd kart and thats how they hit the sweet spot. The problem with kart set ups is that the effects arent always predictable, strange things happen. keep an open mind and try everything!

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