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Anyone into shifter karts?
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<blockquote data-quote="sleek98" data-source="post: 14229850" data-attributes="member: 144145"><p>I raced karts for 5 years, won a regional series championship and then the last two years I raced a shifter kart for someone else. (I was the driver he owned the kart and did all of the maintenance). I have been looking to get back into it, the TAG motors are the most popular around here right now though.</p><p></p><p>I started out on a Yamaha KT-100, and the difference was night and day, I felt like I went 2 rounds with a boxer and got KO'd by the end of the main in the shifter.</p><p></p><p>Unless the track is over a mile and a half the 250 would be plain stupid. If you must change gears, then look into an 80cc shifter. They are more manageable on the smaller tracks yet still will beat full size cars on the bigger tracks. </p><p></p><p>Like blown 89 said, if you get a shifter expect the tires to last a total of an hour or so on a 125 and maybe 1 1/2 hours on an 80cc. On my 100 cc single gear kart I could go 5 hours of track time before I needed a new set, the Briggs World formula, or their newest box stock motor the Briggs L.O.206 (which is around $375 brand new) would last you 10+ hours on a set of tires and would have just about no maintenance, just an oil change every few times out. </p><p></p><p>Also if your off a couple jet sizes on a shifter motor kiss the cylinder goodbye. Been at a road race event where a warm front moved in with about 10 mins left in the session and 4 different guys popped motors. So tack on another 400+ to get a weather meter, or make sure you look up the stats online before moving.</p><p></p><p>What track is 10 mins from your house, that would help a lot. If its a sprint track (less than a mile) then I would go L.O. 206 if you just want to have fun and want to keep maintenance super low cost. If its a road course (over a mile, which im guessing it is not since most places like that wouldn't let anyone have the key) I would suggest going with a TAG (touch and go) motor as it will give you an in-between for power and maintenance.</p><p></p><p>Decent site to check out would be Ekartingnews.com they have a classified sections and a lot of CA members.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sleek98, post: 14229850, member: 144145"] I raced karts for 5 years, won a regional series championship and then the last two years I raced a shifter kart for someone else. (I was the driver he owned the kart and did all of the maintenance). I have been looking to get back into it, the TAG motors are the most popular around here right now though. I started out on a Yamaha KT-100, and the difference was night and day, I felt like I went 2 rounds with a boxer and got KO'd by the end of the main in the shifter. Unless the track is over a mile and a half the 250 would be plain stupid. If you must change gears, then look into an 80cc shifter. They are more manageable on the smaller tracks yet still will beat full size cars on the bigger tracks. Like blown 89 said, if you get a shifter expect the tires to last a total of an hour or so on a 125 and maybe 1 1/2 hours on an 80cc. On my 100 cc single gear kart I could go 5 hours of track time before I needed a new set, the Briggs World formula, or their newest box stock motor the Briggs L.O.206 (which is around $375 brand new) would last you 10+ hours on a set of tires and would have just about no maintenance, just an oil change every few times out. Also if your off a couple jet sizes on a shifter motor kiss the cylinder goodbye. Been at a road race event where a warm front moved in with about 10 mins left in the session and 4 different guys popped motors. So tack on another 400+ to get a weather meter, or make sure you look up the stats online before moving. What track is 10 mins from your house, that would help a lot. If its a sprint track (less than a mile) then I would go L.O. 206 if you just want to have fun and want to keep maintenance super low cost. If its a road course (over a mile, which im guessing it is not since most places like that wouldn't let anyone have the key) I would suggest going with a TAG (touch and go) motor as it will give you an in-between for power and maintenance. Decent site to check out would be Ekartingnews.com they have a classified sections and a lot of CA members. [/QUOTE]
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