F100 karting, sources of good gen?
Discussion
Pepo everybody.
What happen was: I’ve been looking at getting into racing for a while now, veering from fairly standard tin-tops for track, building a special for hill climb or karting. By Tuesday I’d had enough of procrastinating and sent a speculative offer for a kart chassis that was advertised as being eligible for F100. Offer was immediately accepted and the doubts and second guessing kicked in. But I’m a man of my word so I sent payment and arranged a collection date. I’ve had to since push back the date because of this bug that’s going round but should be collecting within the next couple of weeks.
I’m really struggling to find any info about what is eligible or not, there are vague statements about homogulation dates for chassis and engine but how can I find out if my particular chassis was homogulated? Is there a database where you can input the serial number?
Also, with it not being a complete kart i.e. it doesn’t have axles, steering column, etc. can I mix and match with other manufacturers from the same or new periods? Perhaps manufacture some bits myself?
Any information to help progress this project would be greatly appreciated. I have visited many of the various kart websites but there doesn’t seem to be much useful on them, and some don’t seem to have been updated for years.
Thanks in advance.
WC
What happen was: I’ve been looking at getting into racing for a while now, veering from fairly standard tin-tops for track, building a special for hill climb or karting. By Tuesday I’d had enough of procrastinating and sent a speculative offer for a kart chassis that was advertised as being eligible for F100. Offer was immediately accepted and the doubts and second guessing kicked in. But I’m a man of my word so I sent payment and arranged a collection date. I’ve had to since push back the date because of this bug that’s going round but should be collecting within the next couple of weeks.
I’m really struggling to find any info about what is eligible or not, there are vague statements about homogulation dates for chassis and engine but how can I find out if my particular chassis was homogulated? Is there a database where you can input the serial number?
Also, with it not being a complete kart i.e. it doesn’t have axles, steering column, etc. can I mix and match with other manufacturers from the same or new periods? Perhaps manufacture some bits myself?
Any information to help progress this project would be greatly appreciated. I have visited many of the various kart websites but there doesn’t seem to be much useful on them, and some don’t seem to have been updated for years.
Thanks in advance.
WC
Hi Kim, thanks for the reply. I’ve since found out that it’s from 2000-2002 period so hopefully eligible for the water-cooled class (Aqua).
It’s a Mari mk6 chassis, I’ve found very little on info on the web about it. Good to know that hubs, axles, etc. are readily interchangeable between different chassis. If I find the chassis isn’t eligible for F100 aqua my next preference would be some sort of classic TKM, Tal-Ko really seem to have great parts availability so that would make things so much easier.
From what I understand I’d be racing in the ‘heavy’ class in Aqua and so use the Parilla Lynx Maxi engine. I plan on doing the rebuilds myself as tinkering is half the appeal.
Camberley Kart Club (Blackbushe) is nearest track/club to me but they just look like they race Rotax and TKM.
It’s a Mari mk6 chassis, I’ve found very little on info on the web about it. Good to know that hubs, axles, etc. are readily interchangeable between different chassis. If I find the chassis isn’t eligible for F100 aqua my next preference would be some sort of classic TKM, Tal-Ko really seem to have great parts availability so that would make things so much easier.
From what I understand I’d be racing in the ‘heavy’ class in Aqua and so use the Parilla Lynx Maxi engine. I plan on doing the rebuilds myself as tinkering is half the appeal.
Camberley Kart Club (Blackbushe) is nearest track/club to me but they just look like they race Rotax and TKM.
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