Finished Kart, Ready for S4 action

I need a RibTech!

Well I guess I'm old. Got out on the new chassis to brake in the also newly built CR and found the Tillet isn't going to work anymore. Felt horrible in the kart. Will put a Ribtech in before our practice at Shawano in a few weeks.

Todd ended up going very well this day on his Maxter. He also has a new chassis and a basically stock maxter.

Cylinder clean up with Acid

I Have a 99 cylinder that had a bad stick. As I looked at it it appeared no damage was done to the Nykasil but just left the aluminum on the cylinder. So I did some research and found a way to get that off. So I gave it a try yesterday. Bought some Muriatic Acid from Ace hardware. Cheap, I think $4. Then got some long Q-tips from our Peds office when I took my kid in for the doc. It was pretty simple. A few things to know. I had the garage fully open so there was good air flow. Some thick rubber gloves. Simply just took the long q-tip and dipped it into the acid and then applied to the aluminum deposit. Once applied it will bubble and smoke a bit. Left it on for about 20 seconds then wiped clean. Took a few times to get it all but onces done it was gone. Then took some WD-40 and some fine grit sandpaper and cleaned it up and it looked good as new.





Not sure if you can see it but there is some smoke coming out of the cylinder. Do not Smell.