Coty Morrow
New member
i also scale myself and all customers without there helmet
It's just common sense. For instance. If you scale your kart, driver in and he's not wearing a helmet. He goes out and now you feel kart needs more cross. So you comeback put kart on scales. Now you add cross and go out again. Kart is fast as can be. When you come back to your pits you put kart back onto scales. You take notes write all numbers down. Do you do this with Helmet on or off?? You can do both. But write down numbers with and w/out. I Scale all my customers with no helmets on. Yes when you put a helmet on you will loose nose weight. But your making changes to a kart consistent. Make sense? Some people just don't get it.......
As to rear lead. You should square the kart set toe then more the rear axle. You should also under stand the difference between settings the rf toe out vs lf toe out.
You its funny. I asked a simple question about setting camber, and its gone to different size drivers, to axle lead, and even castor. Wow, its nice that people can stay on subject.
When setting camber, is it more efficient to have the driver in or out of the kart.
Thanks
That's real Intelligence at work. If it changes with the driver in it, with his helmet, a mental note can be made. If it changes, and you have corrected your camber settings with that change in mind, the problem is solved. If you want -2.75, and you know with the driver in the kart, it will change it -.25, (or whatever) you set it at -2.50, (or whatever).Set everything with the driver in it.not having a helmet on can change up to around .2 of nose weight.if you set toe without driver in it,at least check one time with driver in ,to see the difference.
I know some that just go to the track and run a few laps and start adjusting right on the kart buggy and just keep adjusting stuff until it is super fast. Never put them on a set of scales.. Most people are not quite that good. I wish I was.