All motorsport enthusiasts have driven rental karts at least once in their life: heavy vehicles, driven by low-performance 4-stroke engines that, although increasingly embellished and modernised, don’t offer what is known as a true "adrenaline rush". Obviously, they’re still fun, especially when you’re in a group of friends, but in the long run, for enthusiasts, the desire to try a racing kart with a high-performance 2-stroke engine is strong. The problem is that karts like that, which are more appealing, even aesthetically, require a significant budget, both in terms of purchase price and running costs. So, the end result is that lots of potential kart-driving enthusiasts give up, or that others, propelled by their enthusiasm, buy a vehicle, perhaps a used one, then put it in the garage at the first sign of a problem: it’s quite normal when you don’t have much time to invest in maintenance. Because, in truth, what you want is simply to start the kart, go out onto the track and enjoy a day where the only thing on your mind is driving.
Tillotson, a well-known Irish diaphragm carburettor manufacturer, designed the T4-C1 kart starting from this very premise. A vehicle equipped with a racing chassis and a 4-stroke engine which, thanks to Tillotson’s cooperation, TKART was able to try out on the legendary Pista Azzurra in Jesolo, an old-fashioned kart track and, according to all the drivers who have raced there, one of the most technical tracks in Italy.
Once in a lifetime
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Trying out a 4-stroke kart... which drives like a racing kart
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