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A season of race nights wears rings, valve seats, and rod bearings faster than most racers think. Here's how to...

The chain is one of the cheapest parts on your kart and one of the fastest ways to lose a...

Read the track, add only the bite it's missing, and build it in coats. A plain-English tire prep starting point...

A racer's guide to jetting a clone engine carburetor — read the plug, adjust for heat, humidity and altitude, and...

Your front end is the one part of the kart you're arguing with every single lap. Get it right and...

A racer-to-racer breakdown of the outlaw kart rear axle assembly — axle sizing, bearings and cassettes, wheel/sprocket/brake hubs, key stock,...

A racer-to-racer breakdown of the outlaw kart brake system — master cylinder, caliper, rotor, pads and lines — plus how...

Dial in outlaw kart gearing track by track — with #35 and mini gear ratio charts, Velocity driver tips, illustrations,...

This is a step-by-step break-in for 196cc GX200-style clone engines with steel rings. Quick warm-up, short seating bursts (not long...