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Re: Old school ism's
Posted by 'SimonS' on 06 Mar 2014 @ 08:57

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"It is interesting that the common view of x30 converts is that removing one of the elements of skill and control in the driving requirements needed to go fast makes x30 a better race driving experience than Max."

Not entirely. The X30 carb is the Tillotson 334 HL. (Formula Blue uses the HL 360)

This carb can be adjusted while on the track and managing the carb is a key element of driving fast.

So what you have is two slightly different skills, managing the throttle or managing the carb.

From the Formula Blue point of view, one can often catch up on a Rotax round the corners but the Rotax just drags past on the straight when the extra 25 cc of the Max kicks in. Where, one might ask, is the skill in that?

The answer is that there is no such thing as a 'best kart'. Karts are popular largely according to Sales Hype and the willingness of traders to push one class or another; while driving the karts well requires the same degree of skill, but often in slightly different areas, carb management or throttle management for example.

This is why some independent tracks are able to run 'Libre' events of mixed classes with some success. Take out the advantage of rubber and most of the DD classes are competitive one against another, though each may have an advantage at different points round the track and driver error / skill becomes more important than sheer power. Indeed, one source of driver error is the application of that power when approaching limits of adhesion.

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Backing off the Carb. by 'Newjohn' (26 Feb 2014 @ 6:15)

Re: Backing off the Carb. by 'raceinstructor' (26 Feb 2014 @ 8:54)

Re: Backing off the Carb. by 'JonWright' (26 Feb 2014 @ 9:07)

Re: Backing off the Carb. by 'JonWright' (26 Feb 2014 @ 9:10)

Re: Backing off the Carb. by 'AndyOxfordshire' (26 Feb 2014 @ 9:51)

Re: Backing off the Carb. by 'djcv8' (26 Feb 2014 @ 10:49)

Re: Backing off the Carb. by 'JonWright' (26 Feb 2014 @ 11:16)

Re: Backing off the Carb. by 'Andyb' (26 Feb 2014 @ 20:20)

Re: Backing off the Carb. by 'JonWright' (26 Feb 2014 @ 23:11)

Re: Backing off the Carb. by 'Newjohn' (27 Feb 2014 @ 6:09)

Re: Backing off the Carb. by 'BanzaiBoy' (27 Feb 2014 @ 7:46)

Re: Backing off the Carb. by 'BD' (27 Feb 2014 @ 23:15)

Re: Backing off the Carb. by 'NJB' (28 Feb 2014 @ 16:27)

Re: Backing off the Carb. by 'NJB' (28 Feb 2014 @ 17:43)

Re: Backing off the Carb. by 'Ditch' (28 Feb 2014 @ 2:24)

Re: Backing off the Carb. by 'TeamPoor' (28 Feb 2014 @ 15:23)

Re: Old school ism's by 'PoppaAl' (01 Mar 2014 @ 8:47)

Re: Old school ism's by 'AndyG67' (01 Mar 2014 @ 9:13)

Re: Old school ism's by 'JonWright' (01 Mar 2014 @ 10:28)

Re: Old school ism's by 'PeterCliff' (02 Mar 2014 @ 11:31)

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Re: Old school ism's by 'TeamPoor' (03 Mar 2014 @ 15:43)

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