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billybek 12-13-2023 03:12 PM
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stevej37 12-13-2023 03:22 PM
Do they have power steering?

herr_oberst 12-13-2023 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by stevej37 (Post 12151086)
Do they have power steering?
Armstrong power steering lubed with Elbow Grease

911 Rod 12-14-2023 05:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Zeke (Post 12151025)
g.

I'll say this, those guys could take a lesson from bobsledders about tucking in tight while going straight. Get out of the wind. You wouldn't believe what a little bodywork does in karting. I could go 10 MPH faster at Willow with a full body and slunk down as far as I could get 6' to go. Actually with the same Yamaha motor on a sit up kart vs. a lay down the difference was 20 MPH.

Lower CG and less wind resistance will win every time with WR being the more important of the 2.
Maybe they don't want to go any faster!

ted 12-14-2023 07:04 AM
Gravity racing is a valid skill to improve maintaining momentum.
In the book Twist of the wrist they discuss racing from the top of a hill with the engine off.
Coasting to the bottom. Whoever touches the brakes loses.
Racing in a 3rd world country on modified taco carts dry humping each other not appealing at all. :)

ErVikingo 12-14-2023 07:28 AM
Im in!

rcooled 12-14-2023 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Zeke (Post 12151025)
Lower CG and less wind resistance will win every time with WR being the more important of the 2.
Creating wind resistance can sometimes be useful in racing too. GP motorcycle riders will sometimes extend a leg and sit up higher to scrub off some speed for high speed corners.
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1702593662.jpg

wildthing 12-14-2023 02:01 PM
Saw something similar a while ago: https://youtu.be/En8iUdxeato?si=ab67XxzA-zkroI62


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A930Rocket 12-14-2023 02:31 PM
This reminds me of my brother. When he first got interested in luge, they took a luge sled and put wheels on it. Then would go down big hills in the neighborhood to practice. Not much snow in Atlanta, so they had to do what they could. If you’ve never seen a luge sled, there’s no steering wheel or brakes, and you lay down on your back, feet first.

herr_oberst 12-14-2023 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by A930Rocket (Post 12151744)
This reminds me of my brother. When he first got interested in luge, they took a luge sled and put wheels on it. Then would go down big hills in the neighborhood to practice. Not much snow in Atlanta, so they had to do what they could. If you’ve never seen a luge sled, there’s no steering wheel or brakes, and you lay down on your back, feet first.
And if that's not scary enough, try skeleton.

Zeke 12-14-2023 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by A930Rocket (Post 12151744)
This reminds me of my brother. When he first got interested in luge, they took a luge sled and put wheels on it. Then would go down big hills in the neighborhood to practice. Not much snow in Atlanta, so they had to do what they could. If you’ve never seen a luge sled, there’s no steering wheel or brakes, and you lay down on your back, feet first.
Just like this:

http://akraracing.com/wp-content/upl...olsen_pitt.jpg

That is newer and more advanced bodywork than I had.


http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1702597536.jpg

That's how it looked in 1985 at Riverside going into T7.

red 928 12-14-2023 11:50 PM
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red 928 12-15-2023 12:05 AM
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drcoastline 12-15-2023 02:20 AM
Hell yeah.

Rtrorkt 12-15-2023 07:08 AM
The ambulance at around 14:00 seems particularly ill placed

Macroni 12-15-2023 07:55 AM
Wow

Aurel 12-16-2023 04:26 AM
More fun:

https://youtube.com/shorts/2GwcW1cuOxU?si=URA6MmiXna_brakf


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