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    Weight and power? Avg weight and power? Ratio?

    if you were already breaking traction with a clutch then with a cvt you'll prob be losing some acceleration because of too much torque and not enough rpm. if you switch to a cvt i would prob change the ratio so you actually gain speed while getting the same acceleration
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    Weight and power? Avg weight and power? Ratio?

    i wish that's gonna be my new year's resolution
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    Weight and power? Avg weight and power? Ratio?

    800 lbs for a kart is crazy! that thing is just not a go-kart at this point
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    Hi

    why not?
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    next time he forces u to buy something (that u dont need) just tell him nevermind its not that essential because then ull just be wasting $
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    oh k whoever was riding must have been FAT to break it or maybe it was rusted or old. can't u bend the old axle back into place?
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    Weight and power? Avg weight and power? Ratio?

    as colin chapman said "simplify then add lightness" you're fine though ur engine should make up for it but still simplifying the kart could make it significantly lighter
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    Weight and power? Avg weight and power? Ratio?

    i think my kart is slightly lighter than me by like 40 or so lbs but im currently gaining so that's why im moding turns fast as heck though maybe too fast
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    looking to get into welding to make kart longer

    Hi ever since i got my go-kart I've grown about 10" and i don't really fit anymore, i do but it's hard to turn from how close my knees are to my steering so i want to cut it( i also need help deciding where) and i wnated to do the welding meself cause i just thought it'd be more fun and cheaper...
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    couldn't the jackshaft be welded? how DID that happen? when you paid for all the parts for the axle, did u pay for them? and did they work?
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    New Go-Kart Mechanic

    NICE JOB!!👍👌 I haven't been here that long but i found answers to questions i hadn't even thought of asking u'll definetly find answers here many experienced people
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    Where to drive the kart

    ya sliding in the dirt can be fun getting wet,though not my idea of fun
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    don't say it arrogantly, he thinks he kws better (about karts) than you? let him think that time will show him ,don't worry.
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    what's wrong with the way he wants to do it? if what he says isn't gonna work, then do it, and show him. or maybe even ask him to do it, say u don't kw how to do what he says and you need him to show u, he'll see first hand it doesn't work, but you have to sell it though, don't be like "oh ya...
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    Where to drive the kart

    ya mud is the worst my throttle got stuck once and it send me right into a 4" deep puddle, i had to ride all the way back home drenched
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    Where to drive the kart

    i hit a fence once it was wet out worst understeer i've ever had and it was on asphalt!
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    money is the corruptor of the world maybe if he saw you weld or work on the kart he wouldn't doubt as much my dad also doubts my ability but he lets me alone he only says something if i break it (cause that would be $ we didn't have) but i could turn the kart into a toaster and he wouldn't kw...
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    Predator 212 fly wheel is stuck

    same just open it What's the worst that could happen? you might take some more minutes
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    my dad encouraged me until he saw me reach 37mph, from then on he didn't talk bout it and only lets me go when one of my siblings is around the zone where im gonna go, so i barely get to go now, i only go like twice a week i understand and appreciate his concern though just saying this cause...
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