Does anyone here have any experience racing karts - ie 4cycle/2cycle?
Over the past few months I've been debating if I should invest $4000 into 4 cycle kart racing, but really don't know if it's worth the money. I really enjoy all forms of racing and have no problems dedicating countless hours working in my garage. I would like to hear anyone's opinion/experience ragarding operating cost, time commitments, etc.
If I can get enough thumbs up, I may be able to sell my girlfriend on the idea.

 

I have a Yamaha KT100 on a Dino kart. I'm way to heavy to be competitive. So I just play on practice days. I have several friends who race and they all race Yamahas.

There are several adavantages to Yamahas. There are lots of classes for them from kids to adults. They can be very fast (close to 100 mph on fast tracks). They will run all season without a rebuild. They run on gas and that allows them to avoid all the pitfalls of running alcohol. The only real concerns with Yamahas is that you must have them blue printed to be competitive $$ and that if you turn them to lean you can stick (seize) them.

I would not run a Brigs. They require too much work. I have friends who quit Brigs because the were putting in exhaust valves every race or two. They were changing the oil all the time.

 

I'm just now getting into it. My buddy races Briggs stock medium. He had been out of it for about 3 years, and this past season, started to get back into it. I am basically his pit crew now. Quite frankly, I'd rather do that than drive. I can give you one good reason not to run the 2 strokes. The sound, they sound like a swarm of bees buzzing around the track. I've also never heard anything about replacing exhaust velves every couple of races. I say, dish out the money, and get started, its alot of fun, for relatively little money. Well, as far as racing goes.

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