been in a Formula ICA Kart today...

ZiM · 04-18-2007, 03:49 PM

spent the day testing with my bro-in-law in his forumla ica kart... got the oportunity to do a few laps myself

MY GOD! - suddenly my 3 litre twin turbo car doesn't seem all that fast at all

- this thing has a 0-60 of just over 3 seconds, a top speed of about 95mph and revs to about 24k revs! and jeezus do you know about it!!!

best fun i've had for ages, everone was suprised that i wasn't scared of putting my foot to the floor coming out of the corners, a lot of noobies take a good while to warm up to full throttle

all i can say, wow... got an open invitation to go testing so gonna be spending some time there me things

ChrisMWard · 04-18-2007, 04:37 PM

Karts are good fun, my little boy runs a 620cc V twin engined one, but it is looking at rotary power for the next one.

Regards

Chris

London320d · 04-18-2007, 05:41 PM

Hehehehehehee - Had you driven an outdoor kart before?, or was that four first outdoor drive?. I'm not familiar with Formula ICA (I stopped karting several years ago when I found a better way of trying to kill myself!) What makes ICA different from a standard 100cc kart?

The first time that I drove a '100, I'd just consumed a can of cola. My turn came for the kart a little sooner than expected, I threw the kart into the bumpy first corner at Rye House an the cola fizzed up inside me, making me feel really quite inflated. The silliest 100cc race I drove was at Clay pigeon circuit, where the race was called off when the fog became so thick that the marshals could no longer see their corners

I mainly drove indoor and Outdoor pro-karting with a little 100cc thrown in for good measure. I even had a photo in the glossy centre pages of Autosport one year(one page before the middle). Some young upstart called Schumacher got the front cover of that issue. I was gutted

NFS · 04-18-2007, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by ZiM

spent the day testing with my bro-in-law in his forumla ica kart... got the oportunity to do a few laps myself

MY GOD! - suddenly my 3 litre twin turbo car doesn't seem all that fast at all

- this thing has a 0-60 of just over 3 seconds, a top speed of about 95mph and revs to about 24k revs! and jeezus do you know about it!!!

best fun i've had for ages, everone was suprised that i wasn't scared of putting my foot to the floor coming out of the corners, a lot of noobies take a good while to warm up to full throttle

all i can say, wow... got an open invitation to go testing so gonna be spending some time there me things

I bet 24K revs sounds nice :rocks:

0-60 in 3 secs is a whole lot of fun.

ZiM · 04-18-2007, 06:12 PM

formula ICA is outdoor... i have done indoor karting before but only the fun, out with your mates kind of karting this is the first time i have been in a professional kart so to speak...

what makes ICA different? i dont know, i think it is just counted (along with formula A) as being the most prestidious non-gearbox series... but i'm not sure...

i know its probably the most expensive (again, before getting into ones with gears...)

not big on the ins and outs, just know i loved it

- Paul - · 04-18-2007, 06:33 PM

Jealous -really really jealous..... Anyone up for a karting meet?

booforty · 04-19-2007, 03:33 AM

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Originally Posted by 1stnewcar

Jealous -really really jealous..... Anyone up for a karting meet?

Yeah, I'm up for a karting meet.

rjs · 04-19-2007, 03:59 AM

Sounds good!

- Paul - · 04-19-2007, 03:59 AM

I stopped using factorizer because some of the crap on was .... well.... crap, but this one just made me laugh!!

silverbmwz3 · 04-19-2007, 04:22 AM

OMG lotus notes.....now that's an icon I haven't seen in a long time

- Paul - · 04-19-2007, 04:31 AM

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Originally Posted by silverbmwz3

OMG lotus notes.....now that's an icon I haven't seen in a long time

booforty · 04-19-2007, 05:15 AM

This one made me laugh!

dxb335d · 04-20-2007, 10:09 AM

i used to compete in tkm few years back, loved every minute of it when daddy was paying for it. had too stop in the end

ICA is the 2nd highest class in the Uk behind Formula A

ICA= VERY FAST

love it :rocks:

ZiM · 04-20-2007, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by dxb335d

i used to compete in tkm few years back, loved every minute of it when daddy was paying for it. had too stop in the end

ICA is the 2nd highest class in the Uk behind Formula A

ICA= VERY FAST

love it :rocks:

i used to go to a lot of the super1 meetings and champs of the future... did you ever compete in them? i've probably seen you a few times without realising it...

an ICA kart is a seriously badass toy... might buy myself one and make it road legal

- that'd thrash one of them damn evos...

NFS · 04-20-2007, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by ZiM

i used to go to a lot of the super1 meetings and champs of the future... did you ever compete in them? i've probably seen you a few times without realising it...

an ICA kart is a seriously badass toy... might buy myself one and make it road legal

- that'd thrash one of them damn evos...

No need to convert the kart - a caterham r500 will do the job

http://www.pistonheads.com/fastcars/R500.htm

ZiM · 04-20-2007, 04:30 PM

i do like the r500s but i'd be leaning towards an atom tbh... i see the appeal but i like the extreme look of the arial

much cheaper too i think

NFS · 04-21-2007, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by ZiM

i do like the r500s but i'd be leaning towards an atom tbh... i see the appeal but i like the extreme look of the arial

much cheaper too i think

I've driven a caterham superlight and it was a monster. I've not had a go on an atom.

Having experienced the caterham the Atom would need to be extraordinary.

The mag reviews I have seen say it is pretty special, but difficult to love.

vivekk · 09-05-2007, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by beauforty

This one made me laugh!

I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this one!

Viv

booforty · 09-05-2007, 05:51 PM

Its true

vivekk · 09-05-2007, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by beauforty

Its true

Viv

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