Rough Running

While at the circuit, i have noticed that compared to other karts, my kart sounds very distinct.
The sound is coarser and dirtier, almost grittier. Like an L.A hairmetal band as compared to vivaldi.

While mingling, asking around and looking for solutions for an engine running rough, i discovered a few tipe.

1) RPM adjustment. start at a 50% setting

2) Change gear ratio

3) change fuel valve in carburator



other tips

1) remove bar at front axel

Super Import Night

Metallic Curves and Angelic Girls

A trip to the 2nd "Super import nights" held at the Expo hall in Singapore, held just 1 week before the Singapore night time F1 GP certainly whets one's appetite for racing thrills. On show were some of the world's most prestigious names in the automobile industry, some of the flashiest add-ons and decorative embellishments one can treat his vehicle to, of course some very beguiling and alluring sales instruments on earth.

Here are some pictures of the event. (sorry, i encountered a problem with my computer and will upload the rest later)

working on weekends

Took my kart out again this weekend for a dust off.
It's an "arrow" brand 125cc from Australia. As usual, much was learnt from the trial and error while following rather vague instructions from manuals and online sources, while attempting to service our karts.






Order of the day:

1) change coolant in the radiator
2) change the counter balance gear oil
3) wheel alignment
4) fire her up
5) test drive
6) go for "Wine and Dine" BBQ




This is where, on the engine, you are required to top the engine oil. On the side of it, there are 3 screws. The bottom most is to drain out all remaining engine oil. Depending on the model of your engine, one of the remaining 2 allows you to level off the engine oil in the engine after you have flushed and topped it off with new engine oil.







Ideally, a funnel would have made the job easier and less messy but hey, meeting up with friends in an oil soaked, white T-shirt and greasy hands gives off a manly appearance.











Pictured here is the aforementioned screws on the side panel of the engne block which controls the amount of engine oil inside. Pictured here are the 2 relevant screws, with the remaining third hidden from view behind the bar of the kart frame.
Removing either of the screws allows the engine oil inside to flow out until the desired level has been reached.


Flushing the radiator was a little more straight forward. Basically, the radiator has to be drained and then flushed throughly with some of the new coolant liquid which you intend to use.


Aligning the wheels took a little more time than the other tasks.
First, we had to determine if the front tyres were toe in or toe out. The back wheels had to be aligned to the end of the axle as well. More in pictures in the next post on this.....