PB Racing http://www.pb-racing.com Thoughts from a new kart racer... Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:16:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Season 2012 Right Around Corner http://www.pb-racing.com/2011/12/season-2012-right-around-corner/ http://www.pb-racing.com/2011/12/season-2012-right-around-corner/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:16:54 +0000 whatleyjt http://pb-racing.com/2011/12/season-2012-right-around-corner/ I have a few items coming in as I prep for 2012 Season at NOLA Motorsports park.

  1. KT100 Engine, mount, and carb
  2. RLV-L3 pipe and header
  3. Bell vortex helmet

Hopefully I can do some wrenching next week, and get them installed and start checking configurations and weights.

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So, I start looking to buy engines from many of the normal online places and notice that they all have the crankcase reversed from how my kart is set-up.  It turns out my kart has been set-up for inward drive by flipping the crankshaft, filling old pulse line, and creating new pulse fitting on crankcase.  Now I don’t even know if my current engine will be legal for my class!?!  AWESOME!

More to come on how things turn out…

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