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DrChip
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 Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 8:22 pm Post subject: How much fuel does a TAG/Rotax kart carry usually? |
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trying to figure total weight to see what class I might fall into. TY cb
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John Wehrheim
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You should figure around 8 pounds of fuel. Most karts have 8.5 liter tanks which is approximately 2 gallons. If you are trying to figure out the min fuel you will need to race a sprint race, I would say at least a half a gallon to make sure you do not have fuel starvation.
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THANK YOU! cb
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| wehrheim wrote: | | You should figure around 8 pounds of fuel. Most karts have 8.5 liter tanks which is approximately 2 gallons. If you are trying to figure out the min fuel you will need to race a sprint race, I would say at least a half a gallon to make sure you do not have fuel starvation. |
John is close, fuel weights 7 lbs per gallon, so an 8.5 ltr tank should weight around 14 lbs. Typically, as John said, you should use 1/2 gallon or less, so about four pounds will be lost during a race. And repeating John's point, don't run low on fuel.
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