Stijn!!

[vas930]

What time, Noah?

[slodave]

Dammit!

[svandamme]

i think the 'puter can devide by zero, but it wants to keep that kind of genius to itself.
damned 'puter can't be trusted.. Skynet is upon us..

[HHI944]

Oban 14, perdomo estate vintage and xanax....life is good...

[slodave]

It's cold! I'm in the hills at my parents.

Lets see if I can make a quick, goofy guitar video for Markus.

[GH85Carrera]

Good evening fellas.

I am inside sitting on the new furniture. The Elky is running.

[slodave]

Good for you, Glen!

I should have left well enough, alone! Broke a solder joint on my amp. My solder gear is miles from here. I hope my dads Radio Shack special works.

[slodave]

Yay! Just broke another one.

[Tervuren]

Originally Posted by Icemaster

Stijn, I just did three long heats in the kart. My lower back muscles hurt like a muther trucker.

I've got a 12hour tomorrow, and on a track that is fastest with weight forwards, I'm 6' 2", sitting froglegged for two hour stints result in some funky feeling legs. Lower back is definitely my weak point though. I did a 24hour kart race on an indoor track earlier this year, 3 driver team, 1 1/2 hour stint limit was in the rule books, my team was the ONLY team to not have any driver pull in early, we were also the first team to complete the race with only three drivers, anything less than four has failed to finish in the history of the race.

I feel your pain. Arms, ribs, legs, etc, that goes away for me when I work out and am in shape, but long runs ALWAYS end up with lower back pain for me.

You really wanna talk tiring, try this.



This is what I looked like slightly after half way of my first 24hour, I didn't know if my team of seven could make it.(we did.)


STARK contrast is in this photo taken after doing it as three person team. Working out and being fit makes a HUGE difference. I was aprehensive about this event as I caught walking pnemonia two weeks and a day before the event, I finally got rid of the congestion day of the event. Sucks as I wasn't able to workout/practice like I'd of liked to, and not feeling well the day before a race is good reason for apprehension.(My lower back was KILLING me)

Originally Posted by vas930

The trick to driving a kart fast is to steer with the brake.
Very small turning of the wheel.
Thats the best way to keep the engine up in the revs.
And use your bum to shift weight when you brake.
Flat out or full brake no other action.

Really really comes down to the track, and kart. If you slide it out, you load the inside rear wheel, which means a lot of extra friction coming out of the corner(solid differential). I steer with the brake in a few situations, but if I'm trying to get a good exit speed, I brake in a straight line, release right as I feed in a huge turn in, reduce turn in, stay lifted, then feed on the gas. Rolling as much weight off the inside rear gets the best exit.

Indoor karting has sets of corners where shedding speed and going a little sideways in will help set you for the next corner, but when I race outdoors, it KILLS momentum, you want to hang the inside rear just off the ground, and hold it there.

[porsche4life]

Hey glen, what's the score?

[slodave]

I'm awake! Electricity just went in the thumb of my left hand and exited the pinky of my right.

[pete3799]

Shocking.....

[nynor]

Originally Posted by RKDinOKC

Good Night...and Good Morning

Just kinda perused the last few pages...

My 89 951S handily beat 930's on a regular basis at our Autocross Track. Even a Supercharged 3.8 RS America said I was the one to beat. And these were all very experienced drivers/track instructors that were used to getting FTD.

Heck I even made a RUF switch to stickier racing slick at the TRACK to beat me on street tires and I think that says a LOT. The the RUF driver was considered the fastest guy at that track.

A well setup 50/50 balance car is difficult to beat.

If you compare Porsche's quoted times for the 951S and the same year 911 Turbo, the 911 Turbo is faster to 60, but they both have the same 1/4 mile times. That means above 60 the 951S is quicker.

ok. i stand corrected.

[vas930]

Originally Posted by Tervuren

I've got a 12hour tomorrow, and on a track that is fastest with weight forwards, I'm 6' 2", sitting froglegged for two hour stints result in some funky feeling legs. Lower back is definitely my weak point though. I did a 24hour kart race on an indoor track earlier this year, 3 driver team, 1 1/2 hour stint limit was in the rule books, my team was the ONLY team to not have any driver pull in early, we were also the first team to complete the race with only three drivers, anything less than four has failed to finish in the history of the race.

I feel your pain. Arms, ribs, legs, etc, that goes away for me when I work out and am in shape, but long runs ALWAYS end up with lower back pain for me.

You really wanna talk tiring, try this.



This is what I looked like slightly after half way of my first 24hour, I didn't know if my team of seven could make it.(we did.)


STARK contrast is in this photo taken after doing it as three person team. Working out and being fit makes a HUGE difference. I was aprehensive about this event as I caught walking pnemonia two weeks and a day before the event, I finally got rid of the congestion day of the event. Sucks as I wasn't able to workout/practice like I'd of liked to, and not feeling well the day before a race is good reason for apprehension.(My lower back was KILLING me)




Really really comes down to the track, and kart. If you slide it out, you load the inside rear wheel, which means a lot of extra friction coming out of the corner(solid differential). I steer with the brake in a few situations, but if I'm trying to get a good exit speed, I brake in a straight line, release right as I feed in a huge turn in, reduce turn in, stay lifted, then feed on the gas. Rolling as much weight off the inside rear gets the best exit.

Indoor karting has sets of corners where shedding speed and going a little sideways in will help set you for the next corner, but when I race outdoors, it KILLS momentum, you want to hang the inside rear just off the ground, and hold it there.

Fastest way in a kart is to steer with your brake.
Braking in a straight line is great for a car.
But in a kart Use brake to steer.

[GH85Carrera]

Sid you will love the score. 24 to 3 and OU is loosing.

[GH85Carrera]

Sid, OSU is killing OU. 34 to 3 right now.

[porsche4life]

44 to 3....

Glen, why didn't you call down to Norman and remind them there was a game....

[vas930]

[GH85Carrera]

The game is in Stillwater!

Not for OU.

[porsche4life]

I know the game is in stillwater, just saying someone needed to tell the boys from Norman that there was a game today...