I went karting the other night again at Rayleigh, Essex and the buzz was amazing! Lap times were up from last month and the group was averaging low 27 sec laps. I even did a 26.79 in the final but didn't win. Ok the place is small and indoors but we were hitting 42mph.

Has anybody else come out of a karting session and thought their car felt slow and suffered from bad bodyroll and ****e steering. Is there any road car that can match or is similar to a kart?

 

Well sorted Caterham or Westfield.

 

Race engined Hillman Imp....

 

I have to say my E reg 1.6 Toyota MR2 (AW 11) which I had for 16 years was just like a kart in the dry

Shaun

 

I had a mini with nag camber all around, solid mounts, spax shocks 13" wheels etc felt like a cart and you where going at least 100mph around every corner very easy to drive on the limit. Had a 205 GTI after that much quicker but you had to be committed and keep your foot in when it got lively
I did race TKM Snr karts for a while but by far the STI is the best handling I have had
Maybe the mods make all the difference

 

My Elise is a hoot in the twisties. I still prefer karting though

 

Agree on Caterhams etc. but also various Elises, and in particular my old Exige on A048s. Truly inspiring when the conditions were right and you were in the mood, rest of the time quite exhausting...

 

Are Caterham's really as good as karts? I'm not slagging of scoobies because I have one but if caterham's are like karts I have to have one.

 

Are senior karts like pro karts with a twin engine? How fast do they go?

 

No Snr KKM where 115cc single 2 stokes much quicker/lighter than twin engined pro karts

 

Best handleing car by far is the Ariel Atom!! Had a go at one the other day

 

My impreza! Someone had to say it!

 

The Arenaline Motorsport Murtaya , best handling road car by far for me...
Adrenaline Motor Sport. Creators of Subaru Impreza based sportscars

 

my scoob handles like a kart too

 

Best handling car I've ever driven is:-

106GTI

The only car I really miss owning.

 

My previous 205 Gti modified by SBC.

 

A bike engined Radical I drove some time ago was awesome

Tony

 

Formula ford...... doh, not a road car. It would have the be the caterham I drove at silverstone when I did my racing course.

You will never get a road car that handles as well as kart. A kart is built for one purpose.....karting.

 

Best fwd car would have to be a Honda Civic Type r (92 > spec)
Best rwd car would have to be the Mazda RX7

 

I think my Nissan GTi-R, although my current car is good too.

 

went karting on sunday still aching till today,

best fwd integra type e dc2 no dought had to of them
rwd lotus elis or honda NSX may be RX7
4wod drive mitsubishi evo...........lol na js messing sti type r or type ra with out a dought.

 

Lancia delta HF Turbo! Best front wheel drive car that handles like an AWD motor.

Miss her dearly!

 

I'll second that bud . My old 106GTi was lowered 65mm all round and handling like a kart. Was great fun & it was 200bhp.

 

My original 1275GT Mini or my old Westfield SEi 1700 X-Flow.....

Not quite a kart but close enough!!

 

Without a shadow of a doubt my tickled Spec C.

 

And Cornish!!!

 

got to be my exige

 

My Evo VIII

 

I ran a Cayman S for a couple of years and that was a great car. All the inputs you gave it resulted in constantly good feedback and an amazing ability to carry speed through and out of corners. I went from an Evo VIII to the Cayman and although the VIII was a great car I always felt when I drove the Cayman that Porsche had engineered the handling into the chassis whereas the VIII (and Scoob for that matter) acheive it through some handling but mainly a good 4wd system that is controlled via electronics. Different approaches to allow you drive fast but I personally preferred the Cayman approach (although now need back seats, a decent boot and a towbar!).

Another vote for a race engined Hillman Imp Those are sweet engines that will rev almost like a bike engine and for around 998cc's depending on spec give plenty of performance. Ran mine on grass so handling wasn't great but would love a spaceframed fibre-glass version at some point.

Not sure my Cayman was anything like a kart though, too twitchy are karts whenever I've driven them, nice but I wouldn't like to drive on any of our backroads with them and what about the weather protection for UK owners lol.

 

My Type 25........



Mog