TAG Shifter - The future of Shifter Kart Racing?

Italian Motors is now offering a Turnkey Shifter Kart Package using an ItalKart chassis and the new for 2007 TM K9 ES electric start stock shifter Kart engine. The TM K9 ES is TAG USA approved and will be run in the TAG World Championships inOctober this year. The performance is comparable to a spec Honda and the engine is (conservativley) rated for 35 HP but with a broader power and torque curve than the typical peakier ICC engines.

Top drivers like David Jurca have but over seven races on the engine without spending a dollar on maintenance according to an Ekartingnews.com release by TM. For a cost of just USD $7795 this package seems hard to beat.

See news article here : http://www.ekartingnews.com/news_info.php?n=8779

For more on the the TAG Shifter tunkey package see:

http://www.italianmotors.com/chassis/?pg=pronto_package&category_id=9dcbf14918fc0f73f3f6253bd8b90539

Between this new class and Spec Honda shifter kart racing should be looking at a brighter future.

/FFJ

ME Shifter F1 - Electronic Paddle Shift for 6-Speed Shifter Karts

Mechatron introduces their latest electro-mechanical Paddle Shifter for 6-speed shifter karts.

Shift without letting go of the sterring. The shifter system will also interrupt the ignition so you don't even have to lift. If this becomes CIK legal it could revolutionize the shifter kart world.

http://www.mechatron-kart.com/me-shifter_english.htm

Cheers

/FFJ

Superkarting for everyman, The Aussie Way

In the mid 1980s all gearbox karts in Australia moved under the control of CAMS (the Australian Auto Raceing Governing body) to race only on long (car) circuits.

Four main gearbox classes were developed: 80cc, 125cc, 250 cc single and 250cc twin cylinders. Subsequently 100cc non-gearbox (NGB) karts were adapted for long circuit racing. Recently these have been superceded by the adoption of 125cc Rotax Max (NGB) sprint kart engines for superkarting.

Today all these classes are available, with the NGB classes offering the most economical entry into superkarting led by the fast growing long life rotax NGB superkart community.

These Karts make top speeds from 170km/h for the Rotax NGBs up to 240km/h for the 250cc twins.

Here is a breakdown:
http://www.iwt.com.au/superkarts.htm

More info available at: http://www.superkart.org.au/

For the Rotax Max fans there is also a specialty Rotax Superkart called the Hypermax.

http://www.phoenixracekarts.com.au/karthypermax.html

Cheers
/FFJ