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Just saw this thread and it's making me pine for my old FC. It was an 88 GXL I bought from some kid for $100 because he lost the keys. At 135,000km and "still on it's first engine, I swear bro" the thing was in incredible shape. A couple months later it starting getting harder and harder to start to the point I had to pour a spoonful of oil through the spark plug hole in the housing just to start it. Tore the engine apart to replace what I thought was apex seals, and instead it was a severely worn housing and irons. Saved up to buy a new engine but decided to get married instead, and left the car in my parents back field for about 4 years. Time and money prevented me from working on it in the meantime, and after a while the elements and lost parts did so much damage it was beyond my ability to restore. Goodnight Sweet Prince. I'm so sorry. 
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May 6, 2016 23:40
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You should be sorry, one of those wheels is on the wrong side. "Which one?" You think to yourself, not knowing that this was the test of manhood, and to fail would mean death.
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May 7, 2016 21:04
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Hey 1500, which day are you racing on? The 14th, or the 15th? E: man we totally said 15. How the gently caress did we get on 14 in the rally thread?
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May 8, 2016 06:51
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Slung Blade posted:You should be sorry, one of those wheels is on the wrong side. It's the back one. There is no other answer to this question. To think otherwise would be so foolish so as it would bring into question your whole belief structure.
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May 8, 2016 07:47
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MustardFacial posted:It's the back one. There is no other answer to this question. To think otherwise would be so foolish so as it would bring into question your whole belief structure. You chose, wisely.
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May 8, 2016 07:56
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Slung Blade posted:You chose, wisely. There is no other choice.
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May 8, 2016 08:55
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I feel like having a japanese sportscar with half the direction rims off the wrong way is a right of passage. Race is definitely the 15th. Spent the day reorganizing the van including raising the platform so the kart stand fits under it so it doesn't take 40 minutes to unload or load everything at the track. Clutch looks a little toasty. 
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May 9, 2016 03:49
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That was fun as hell today man, thanks for letting me join in on the festivities. Let me just cross-post these pictures for anyone who is interested. Slung Blade posted:Today I joined 1500quid at the Strathmore karting track. loving phenomenal facility and a great atmosphere.
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May 16, 2016 03:48
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(please note this is not 1500, he finished all his races just fine)
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It looks like similar when I went to see a friend race his motorbike. He said it was nothing big, certainly nothing like superbikes and then we roll up to the race track (Donnington, fact fans) and the place is teeming with huge trailers and tents everywhere, the pit garages full of race teams. It was very definitely the opposite of 'nothing big' and was fantastic, an entire day's racing. Sadly our guy crashed out about 3 corners in but the bike was all good aside from the trashed fairings, he was a little roughed up too but after a couple of hour's work the bike had new(old) fairings and was good to go again for the afternoon. Racing is great.
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May 16, 2016 09:27
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Yeah it was my first race and I'll try and put an effort post at some point but after a year of practice sessions a race is completely different in pretty much every aspect. Even I was a little blown away by the atmosphere and how much it felt like "a race". I was pretty much just trying to keep from getting lapped. I think there's still a few things the kart needs, something isn't quite right with the engine still and my rear tires were completely toast by the end. They were so bad by the final that I was getting wheel spin just touching the throttle in most corners. Slungblade was great to have there and now has first hand experience with the endless fiddling with the chain that occurs every time I have to adjust the tension.
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May 16, 2016 17:07
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1500quidporsche posted:rear tires were completely toast by the end. They were so bad by the final that I was getting wheel spin just touching the throttle in most corners. how much torque does that little thing put out? I can't imagine it's much being a 2 stroke, but then again I know very little about almost everything. off the top of my head: - brake(s) - camber (can you even adjust the rear camber?) - engine torque - caster (?) - over/under inflation - Are you prepping the tires at all? Other than that the only thing I can think of is driving style. MustardFacial fucked around with this message at 22:24 on May 18, 2016 |
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May 18, 2016 08:29
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I really think it was just the tires being completely done though. See if you can spot the wear indicator on the rear, second image is a front tire for comparison. 
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May 19, 2016 04:27
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MustardFacial posted:Just saw this thread and it's making me pine for my old FC. It was an 88 GXL I bought from some kid for $100 because he lost the keys. I've bought cars sitting for 10 years and put them back on the road with just a bit of elbow grease. SHAME.
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