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Rotax Tuning Tips – Misfire Prevention

  By ksn | Monday 16th April, 2018 - 5:04 pm |Monday 16th April, 2018 Australia, International, Tech
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Rotax has distributed the first of their Tech Tips tuning bulletins, this first one covering prevention of misfiring (includes video). Continue reading →

Tony Kart Race New “Aero” Nassau Panel

  By ksn | Tuesday 3rd April, 2018 - 2:09 pm |Tuesday 3rd April, 2018 International, News, Tech
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The factory Tony Kart Racing Team ran an intriguing new “aero channel” nassau panel on their team karts at the Sarno round of the WSK Super Master Series on the weekend. Continue reading →

The Danger Of Mounting Tyres

  By ksn | Tuesday 27th March, 2018 - 10:30 pm |Tuesday 27th March, 2018 News, Tech
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An American karter has had his thumb blown off after a wheel exploded while he was mounting new tyres on rims. Continue reading →

Winning X5 Chassis Setups

  By ksn | Wednesday 28th February, 2018 - 7:13 pm |Wednesday 28th February, 2018 Australia, News, Tech
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Looking for seat measurements and front-end settings? DPE Kart Technology has made public the X5 chassis setups used to win two classes at the opening round of the Australian Kart Championship. Continue reading →

Wet Weather Cover Permitted for Torini Engine

  By ksn | Wednesday 7th February, 2018 - 10:21 am |Wednesday 7th February, 2018 Australia, News, Tech
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Karting Australia has issued a Technical Rule Interpretation for the Torini Clubmaxx 210 4-stroke, an interim ruling concerning wet weather intake covers until the official Torini component becomes available. Continue reading →

Lammers In at Lion Kart

  By ksn | Tuesday 30th January, 2018 - 10:32 am |Tuesday 30th January, 2018 Industry, International, News, Tech
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Lion Kart is a new chassis brand from Serbia and 2-time KZ World Cup winner Bas Lammers has signed to be lead driver for the new team. Continue reading →

How To: Wheel Alignment with Sniper Lasers

  By ksn | Sunday 21st January, 2018 - 12:21 pm |Sunday 21st January, 2018 Australia, How To, Tech
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Here’s a video demonstration of doing a front-end wheel alignment using the Sniper laser system. Continue reading →

How To: Service & Adjust The Vortex Mini Rok Carburettor

  By ksn | Tuesday 2nd January, 2018 - 12:03 pm |Tuesday 2nd January, 2018 Australia, How To, Tech
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Power Republic’s Derek Jones takes you through the steps to service the Dell’Orto Carburettor on the Vortex Mini Rok engine. The second video is how to adjust the needle position. Continue reading →

Super X30s Now KA Approved

  By ksn | Friday 29th December, 2017 - 3:19 pm |Friday 29th December, 2017 Australia, Industry, News, Tech
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Two 175cc IAME X30 ‘Super’ engines are now approved for Karting Australia’s Open Performance class – the X30 Super Shifter and the X30 Super TaG. Continue reading →

Alternative Components Homologated for IAME X30

  By ksn | Monday 4th December, 2017 - 6:10 pm |Monday 4th December, 2017 Australia, News, Tech
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Karting Australia has approved a number of alternative components for use on the IAME X30 engine, such as the muffler, rad… Continue reading →

Karting Australia’s 2018 Rule Book

  By ksn | Monday 20th November, 2017 - 11:36 pm |Monday 20th November, 2017 Australia, Industry, News, Tech
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Karting Australia has released the organisation’s competition rule book for 2018 (includes the link for download). Continue reading →

New Arrow X5 Breaks Cover

  By ksn | Saturday 28th October, 2017 - 5:02 pm |Saturday 28th October, 2017 Australia, Industry, International, News, Products, Team/Driver PR, Tech
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DPE Kart Technology has officially unveiled the company’s new kart – the “X5” in both Arrow and the new Sera brands! Here’s the blue version. Continue reading →

New Sera X5 Breaks Cover

  By ksn | Saturday 28th October, 2017 - 5:02 pm |Saturday 28th October, 2017 Australia, Industry, International, News, Products, Team/Driver PR, Tech
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DPE Kart Technology has officially unveiled the company’s new kart – the X5 in both Arrow and the new Sera brands! Here’s the green version. Continue reading →

New Senior MAX & DD2 Cylinders

  By Media Release | Thursday 26th October, 2017 - 6:30 pm |Thursday 26th October, 2017 Australia, Industry, News, Tech
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International Karting Distributors (IKD) will be providing free of charge the new CNC-type Rotax MAX cylinder for all Senior Max & DD2 engines sold from Sunday 1st October 2017. Continue reading →

News Briefs!

  By ksn | Thursday 19th October, 2017 - 12:46 pm |Thursday 19th October, 2017 Australia, Industry, International, News, Products, Team/Driver PR, Tech
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Huge list of karting related updates, information and entertainment from all over the world. Continue reading →

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