Is to drive a go-kart with 115hp..

 

I think you could say that is right in line with the 1001 hp Bugatti as far as hp to weight.

 

THAT is INSANE !!!!!!!

I want one.

 

That thing was so completely unstable...at any speed. Looks like fun. Like the song too, Prodigy.

 

Yeah but with the Veyron you also get A/C, Radio, and safety equipment.

 

Looks like a lot of fun

 

Way back when I was at Purdue a buddy and I spent all summer building a kart with an old Honda CB500 inline four. That thing was just silly fast, and totaly un-managable. I can only imagine how that thing must be with a 1000 cc engine.

Lots of grins per gallon though, if you can keep it out of the gaurd rail!

 

A friend of mine wrecked a Banshee and ended up putting it in the passenger seat of a two seater go kart he had. It was a beast.

 

You are right about that... It makes me respect that driver's skills. To be able to hang the tail end out like that and powerslide such an unstable little cart takes a ton of finesse.

jh

 

Are you refering to SAE mini Indy?

I was head of maint. on our cars during college. Our cars were much better suited for the CBR motor as they were essentially built like race cars. The cars that we had in the garage were such that if you got too much into 4th, you were starting to get nervous as the front end would start to "float".

A rigid frame cart with what appears to be a CBR motor would be edit spooky.

 

No. Nowhere near that sophisticated. Ours was alot like the one in the video, but with a head hoop, just in case. It would go sideways in the first 3 gears, and by the top of fourth we were running out of parking lot in a hurry, never got serious in 5th. No idea how fast it went, but at six inches off the ground, it felt like a 100 mph. And with that wheelbase things happen FAST!

Yeh, those SAE mini's are some serious pieces of work. I still go down every couple of years for Grand Prix. Too old for the breakfast club these days.

Still have that engine, it's in an old Suzuki RM 250 frame, streched a bit. Goes good in a straight line, doesn't turn for beans.

 

You think that's insane, you aughta see the janitor's log splitter.