Sean F

Is it better to enter a turn at full throttle and slide through the first part of the turn but do the turn at full throttle or to do a quick lift and avoid most or all of the sliding? Trying to figure out if keeping your foot in it to keep the revs up (which is very important in these things) outweighs the scrubbing of speed from sliding.

Circuit Motorsports

In every indoor kart I've ever been in sliding is very bad. You lose your momentum and it does nothing to keep your revs up.

At a 12 hour enduro in Charlotte some of the guys who have run at the international level were running and they were extremely smooth with absolutely minimal sliding and they were the fastest. Although our 15 y.o. ringer was just a tick off of them driving the same way.

333pg333

Do they all have that massive arm wrenching understeer or is that just the crap ones you get at 'Karts R Us'?

ltc

^ + 1
It depends on what quality/type of 'indoor concession kart' you are driving.

Sean F

www.gpny.com

Sodi karts and yes they understeer

TRAKCAR

No sliding, the record setters seem to be on rails...

TRAKCAR

Often they put understeer in because spinning karts reduces the capacity of karts the track will hold.

Jason Judd

"Often they put understeer in because spinning karts reduces the capacity of karts the track will hold."
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Love it!

Circuit Motorsports

Move the seat as far forward as you can handle it to help take some of the understeer out.

gums

I've been trying to figure this one out myself. At V17 I'm practically backing into turns, and hardly lifting, flicking the kart full sideways at turn in. Don't know if it's fast, but it's fun.

multi21

full throttle 100% of the time and then drag the brake as needed in turns and on approach. Don't lift with indoor karts.

DanR

my main advice would be to avoid major wipe outs on the warm up lap

ajcjr

+1 that is what i do

gums

Who's got a lap time from V17? I did a 50.282 in second session.

Rassel

+1

I presume rentals with low power and a stiff rear axle.

Sliding yes, drifting no. In other words, a normal spectator shouldn't notice.

When entering corner throw your body out, slide the cart slightly, both to slow it down and to turn it in direction before apex. You basically let the front wheels trail. Apex should be hit with a slight opposite lock. Exit should have no slide at all. Trail Brake/ Brake/ Lift/ No Brake - all depends on corner. Just make sure you carry the speed out and don't scrub the fronts on exit.