Kart - On The Technical Side
On the technical side
07/03/17
There are many details, many things that those who love karting and have been practising it for a long time do almost automatically, without thinking, some of them are even thought to be natural. However, these operations are not natural for newcomers to karting, those who have just stepped into this fantastic but also dangerous world. Let’s see if we can give you all some advice so that the first time won’t be … your last time.
Written by Maurizio Voltini.
Among the various tendencies that karting has been through over the past years, there is also that of direct dialogue among the protagonists that is, talk to...
Garage
28/02/17
With the good weather and the new racing season here, maybe there is a new kart too. One of the things that need to be done is mount the seat: let’s take a look and see how to put this indispensable “accessory” on our kart properly.
written by Maurizio Voltini.
Spring is almost here, and you can at last go back to enjoying a few laps at the circuit. Maybe we have a brand new kart to use for the new racing season. Or we...
Garage
21/02/17
Sunny days are back again and so is the desire to go back to the track with our kart, however, not before having checked everything and having carried out a series of useful operations.
Written by: Maurizio Voltini
6) STEERING WHEEL
This annual check up could be the right occasion for checking on some functions off the steering wheel that we usually tend to give...
On the technical side
15/02/17
KZ10: a series of winning engines made in Pesaro, northern Italy. We’re going to see what changes have been made to the model C compared to the previous model
It’s not always easy to get into TM, the well-known kart and motorcycle engine manufacturing company, but this time Claudio and Filippo Flenghi opened the factory doors to us and personally...
On the technical side
14/02/17
Sunny days are back again and so is the desire to go back to the track with our kart, however, not before having checked everything and having carried out a series of useful operations.
Written by: Maurizio Voltini
The sun has started to shine point, but in any case it certainly we want to talk about in this column, wouldn’t stop us, because the first
part of our...
On the technical side
29/11/16
The kart steering contains an ingenious idea that improves forecarriage performance.
The steering system of a kart seems at first very simple, but it has been developed from a clever idea from a German, Ackermann, who used it for the first time on carriages. The problem to...
On Track
19/11/16
An accident pulls off Baby Race's Noah Watt from the last day of the CIK-FIA OK Junior World Championship
Danish driver Noah Watt broke his left radius during an accident in heat B-F, then the driver went to the hospital to check his arm.
"I'm very sorry to tell everyone that...
On the technical side
08/11/16
Karting doesn’t necessarily need to...freeze when the cold season steps in, however, all round, it’s better to take some precautions to face lower temperature.
Here we are with the second episode of our guide on how to survive to cold season.
THE SENSIBILITY OF THE DRIVER
The role of the test driver is very important in adjusting and seeing...
On the technical side
25/10/16
Karting doesn’t necessarily need to...freeze when the cold season steps in, however, all round, it’s better to take some precautions to face lower temperature.
With winter upon us, it’s normal to expect cold weather. And for everyone who is exposed to the elements, like kart drivers, the weather is really felt. At this point, you can decide whether...
Garage
13/10/16
The fact that they are “immerse” in the combustion chamber means that the conditions of the spark plug can tell you a lot about the overall conditions of the engine. text M. Voltini © Archivio Vroom
In particular they can tell you if carburetion is good or not. You can see this from the colour of the insulation: if it is light hazel nut colour it is good, if it is dark, probably carburetion is...
On the technical side
11/10/16
Among the various geometries concerning the set up of any four-wheeled vehicle, there is one that is often mentioned: camber. Let’s see what it is exactly and how it affects kart behavior.
We continue our journey through our knowledge of the different parameters that define the set up of a kart. The latter is quite a difficult topic, especially for those who have little or no...
On the technical side
29/09/16
New technical features tested in USA before the Rotax Max Challenge Grand Final in Sarno.
Besides the tests on the dyno, a track test with independent test drivers was organised in the States in September to compare the actual engine configuration with the 2017 set up. The main aim of...
On the technical side
25/07/16
Some general consideration, especially on future possibilities for the two-stroke engine seeing that karting is remaining its last bastion. Report by Simone Suardi
Changing the topic, (off the cuff remember?), today during one of my rare coffee breaks, after the usual “man talk” we ended up talking about the solutions used in the past, going back to...
Track Test
20/05/16
With the help of the complete data acquisition from officine In progress, we have for the first time studied how the brakes of a direct drive kart work; we tried both the single system and the one with front manually controlled brakes. This is what we found out… Text: m. Voltini - pics: d. Paolicelli
Sometimes even trying new karts can be quite frustrating, even if it’s always fun. The thing is, looking at things professionally, all in all the vehicles are more or less the same –...
Track Test
17/03/16
We tested the karts for the OK and KZ2 classes driven by Basz and Hajek in Kosmic colours, great help given by OIP telemetry. this is what we noticed in the differences between the direct drive and gear class.
We just couldn’t refuse this occasion, nor could we minimise it, so when the OTK group gave us a chance to try, immediately after the Winter Cup, the official Kosmic-Vortex karts that had...
Track Test
23/02/16
Monday February 22nd Vroom Magazine attended the presentation of the new range of engines by Vortex, company part of the OTK Kart Group.
The new engines newly presented are in compliance with the the new rules introducted by the CIK-FIA : DDS for the OK class, DDJ for the OK Junior class and the RKZ for the KZ class.
After...
On Track
11/02/14
A few days before one of the most anticipated races of the year, the 19th Winter Cup in Lonato, Italy, the karting industry begins the gradual warm-up that will culminate on 21-23 February. Report & Photos D. Pastanella
Over the past few days you have followed many of the leading manufacturers taking the opportunity of the first important race of the season to test new equipment, new technical solutions and...
Garage
25/01/13
We continue to publish the extracts from the technical articles that you find in the latest issue of Vroom International. This extract is taken from ‘Don’t let it freeze’, which is about some precautions to face the lower temperatures of this time of year. Here you find some more practical aspects to be taken care of such us tyre pressure and chassis set-up.
OUGHT WE DO THE PUSH-UPS?
Staying on the subject of “wheels”, don’t forget that as a consequence, tyre pressure has to be adapted. There is no real mathematical rule that tells us...
Garage
10/01/13
We carry on the extracts from the technical articles that you find in the latest issue of Vroom International. This extract is taken from ‘Don’t let it freeze’, which is about some precautions to face the lower temperatures of this time of year, and how they influence the performance of your kart.
LOOKING FOR WARMTH
To give you an example of set up in antithesis with “golden rules” of the definition of set up, take camper: in normal conditions, with karts (because it works...
On Track
04/01/13
After four month away from the track, Arnoud Kozlinski was back on a kart in Lonato to train for the forthcoming international season, which will see the former World Champion hitting the grids already on 17th February for the Lonato Winter Cup.
The French driver also took the opportunity to get used to and test the Birel/TM equipment, in what is a new experience for him and his team AVG Racing managed by Anton Van Grunsven.
Koko said extremely motivated to build up on the good performances of the past few years.
“I’ve been testing in Lonato for the past three days, for an average of almost 100 laps a day. Come rain or sunshine it doesn’t matter, the laptimes ranging the 41” have been very satisfactory (using Vega white). The engine is the KZ10, the same as last year, whereas the chassis is Ø30.” (pictures © Sportinphoto)
