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Left sides vs right sides ..widths

Oval kart manufacturers have purposely built their chassis on the assumption that this tire/wheel combination works best so their chassis are made to incorporate these tire heights. Been doing this for at least the past 25 years.
 
I think/maybe/proly/might be/ ?

Right fronts got to be as big as right rears for two reasons.
The first is you could then dial in what ever grip you needed via camber/caster and the second was the feeling/idea/thought/maybe even proof the big right front not being used all the way across it's surface would get rid of heat buildup and last long races and long tracks better.

Everyone did it and karts started to be manufactured with right front preload based on the right front being the same size as the right rear.
Seems to work and if you wanted to try smaller on the right front wouldn't all you'd have to do is drop the right front down?
Sure it would change camber gain but you could adjust everything to probably bring it back to what it was or close.
 
Grace said:
What does running rf on lr do?
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Ever heard the phrase- push like a dump truck? Thats what it will do. Solid axle needs to lift/slip the LR to turn and rotate. You put a 10" wide tire on there and it ain't turning.

Hence the asphalt guys using a LF (4.50) on the LR.
 
You can use a RF on the LR, and it will turn as long as the stagger is there. Some UAS guys have done this with success, and there was a point within the last few years where Trick Olimpic was doing this also with some of their drivers.
 
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