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Old 03-03-2020, 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by xb-60 View Post
Good advice to do a brake test in a safe location to see how the car behaves.

However....if you set the bias for the rears to lock up first, that would certainly "do bad things while heavy braking coming into a turn"

I would have the fronts locking up slightly ahead of the rears.

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Glen


edit: doesn't that symbol look like a Chrysler Pentastar logo....?
Happy to disagree here, if the fronts lock up before the rears, this will put you into a spin that you will not be able to control. If you have slightly more rear bias it will be controllable. The shifter kart is very much like a cobra in a sence that the cobra has suspension the kart does not... Kart racing is the purest form of racing... Love it, live it, do it... If you have never had the experience of 60+ 125cc shifter karts hitting turn 2 at luguna seca doing 100+ MPH at the same time , you need to try it one day... that my friend is racing. Brake bias is a topic that all of us discuss on a regular basis. Trust me I have tried more front bias with bad results, I would rather have no front brakes than more front bias all day long. In fact the 80cc formula class does not allow front brakes.
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