My Barn-Find Kart Hits the Track after 25 Years!

[@BradPhilpot]

If YOU want to get involved in the free karting event on the 23rd of February 2025, just sign up for any tier of Channel Membership. The first 25 people to sign up will get priority entry - but if anyone in the first 25 can't make it (I already know that's the case for some people) or they're under the 15 year old minimum age limit for the event, the next person to sign up will be offered the place on the grid. Come and race with us and be a part of one of my next videos! Thanks for watching this one, and see you on track!

[@kye_Racing21]

2:14 gp2 engine

[@glitchingbee]

I second this suggestion

[@dannywhite132]

A tip to get used to would be choking the airbox just before hitting the brakes at christmas. In the dry, you will be maxing out the revs for a long period before stamping on the anchors and thatsba recipe for damage/seizing. If youre running it in race trim, its a good idea to choke the airbox to get some fuel through as you close the throttle

[@BradPhilpot]

This is on the list

[@wildeside1982]

Great to see you there and meet you in person. Keep up the great content. 👍🏻

[@Tejas.vm19]

8:33 bro being honest, and we giving our honest response 🤝

[@shadow_rac1ng]

That kart is a beauty, great colour choices🔥

[@BradPhilpot]

Thank you!

[@Tejas.vm19]

12:33 now that's a meme template 😂

[@BradPhilpot]

😅

[@LuckyStr7ke]

Very cool to see it out on track and the livery is awesome! I've always raced 4 strokes but you just can't beat the sound of a 2 stroke engine!

[@BradPhilpot]

Yeah it sounds so good

[@Noa56Den]

It’s genuinely cool how you have adapted to the kart really well and have lots of confidence with a kart that had alot of power to what you were used to!

[@BradPhilpot]

Thank you!

[@imassatiracing]

That is such a nice looking kart. Good luck in your races this season!

[@BradPhilpot]

@@imassatiracing thank you!

[@Jay21453]

loving these tkm videos, i got my senior tkm in September and although its not a retro some of this is really helpful to me!!

[@BradPhilpot]

That’s great to hear! I’m looking forward to sharing the race season with everyone next year

[@AlexVangeenRacing]

Another great vid dude. So glad I could be on the journey with you and glad I got to see the kart do its first laps

[@BradPhilpot]

❤️

[@GregBrownsWorldORacing]

You were right, that livery looks great. Quite a bit more elaborate than I expected.

[@BradPhilpot]

@@GregBrownsWorldORacing thank you :)

[@Noa56Den]

10:52 oh you must of met the rest of the Win/r team😂

[@thestancemethod977]

Great work - Sounds sweet!

[@BradPhilpot]

Thank you :)

[@Simdel96]

Nice work, Brad. I've got my old 2001 venom ultima I'm the garage. It only did 3 seasons and it's like a time capsule. I'm so tempted to get it rebuilt to hear that beautiful bt82 again.

[@BradPhilpot]

DO IT!

[@GavinAbrahamson]

Yes mate!! STILL LOVIN IT!!

[@BradPhilpot]

Haha sure am. Hope you’re good dude!

[@smooth_operator1285]

i was so sad at home 1 week ago hearing i got to wait for the next video now im super excited what im about to watch

[@BradPhilpot]

I’m really glad you’ve been looking forward to it

[@ChristopherSimon-yk9wd]

Cannot use more curb on last chicane because it can damage the kart engine name:gp2

[@ChristopherSimon-yk9wd]

Just curious if you got a friend request on iRacing if it is Louis Simon then that’s me

[@MiguelsGarage-up7um]

Name the 2nd engine “kerb” because in practices your always trying to use more keep for better time.😂

[@BradPhilpot]

[@BradPhilpot]

Super happy this video made it to 10k views in 5 days! Thanks everyone! ❤

[@NickWoodhouse]

Good time to be a member!

[@BradPhilpot]

It sure is! Will we see you at the race!

[@fletcherracing]

as the saying goes if your quick in a old tkm you can drive anything

[@Maxkarting11]

Spare engine Greg goes vrum! Please use this 😂

[@BradPhilpot]

Ok - I’ll add it to the list too

[@HarveyB-Racing]

Engine name: Hurricane

[@lennoxfw2055]

Kart looks stunning 😍

[@BradPhilpot]

Thank you!

[@thestancemethod977]

The smell is amazing! 🥲

[@BradPhilpot]

It is!

[@paulherron4289]

I hope the old girl rips as well as she looks. Well done sir!

[@BradPhilpot]

Thanks Paul!

[@anwarberoualsmith8574]

If it were me I’d be harder on the brakes rather than slowing earlier. Harder on the brakes combined with Direct Drive engine braking will help you rotate the rear more and allow you to attack the apex. Always found that worked better with the TKMs on the Bridgestone rocks.

[@BradPhilpot]

When I talk about braking earlier - that means relative to the point I tried initially (which was just too late). Braking harder when you’re already braking too late, would just make me sail past the corner (which is what I did a couple of times). I will get better at judging the braking (and everything else) with a bit more practice though.

[@gwiracing]

brad this is AWESOME !!!

[@BradPhilpot]

Thank you! And thanks for watching!

[@gwiracing]

@@BradPhilpotI have got to ask your a professional racing driver. But I have 1500 + races indoors I wonder which one of us would win in a 1v1 I think we gotta set this up somehow

[@gwiracing]

@@BradPhilpotlast time I 1v1 ed another KZbinr it was with the legendary k tips currently we are sitting at 10 races won to me and 7 races won to him and I even flew to Qatar to race him over the f1 weekend and somehow managed to beat him at his home indoors track on one of the sessions !!

[@BradPhilpot]

@@gwiracing What big indoor championships have you raced in?

[@gwiracing]

@ so bikc the first year I got to the finals and qualified p1 but back then they did quaili and racing on different days and I had an exam at school on the day of the finals so I couldn’t race but I probably coulda won the entire first year but school ruined it

[@S.Lineracing25]

call the second gpt after fernando alonso

[@BradPhilpot]

But what has GPT got to do with Alonso?!

[@S.Lineracing25]

@BradPhilpot sorry gp2, bloody autocorrect 😒

[@BradPhilpot]

@ aaaah ok understood

[@S.Lineracing25]

@@BradPhilpot yea my bad 🤣

[@samwiseman2841]

Were did you get sticker kit for square plastics new to karting mine old Tkm115 not been out in yet

[@BradPhilpot]

One custom motorsport design. Use code BRAD10 for 10% off

[@samwiseman2841]

@@BradPhilpotI so new to this what should put in for square pods as think the kart old swrd frame with 115 tkm engine

[@shaun_sharlev]

Thomas, the training engine

[@BradPhilpot]

Added to the list

[@kartaroundtheworld]

on the carburetor rebuild: I like to use a small countersunk screw (don't remember the size) on the shaft of the butterfly which will seat flush with the shaft. The screw that you have now pokes out a little bit too much. I know it's only 0.000001% more airflow, but we always fight for that last 0.01 seconds, right ?

[@BradPhilpot]

I’m gonna need more details on this because I want to do the same! If it’s legal 😅

[@EnigmaPowerboats]

Brilliant xx

[@BradPhilpot]

Thank you

[@Ultegra10SPD]

Can you sleeve these engines?

[@BradPhilpot]

Not for 100-UK. It wouldn’t be legal. You can for 115-UK

[@RossiCostello-s6n]

call the engine kurbage

[@BradPhilpot]

It’s added to the list

[@TheJBRKiwi]

Call the second engine the “Vangeen” - not quite as quick as the front runners 😂

[@BradPhilpot]

@@TheJBRKiwi that’s what I used to call my slowest GX engine 😅

[@Tejas.vm19]

2:14 pp1

[@BradPhilpot]

I’ll add it to the short list

[@tommyryan7871]

Call the second engine Trevor - Test Rever

[@BradPhilpot]

I’ll add it to the list

[@gearhead_james]

Engine name: The angry wasp!

[@BradPhilpot]

I like it. We will put these to a vote

[@thomas_butler01]

Speed difference is crazy on the tyres

[@BradPhilpot]

Yeah it is!

[@thomas_butler01]

@ can’t wait to see it in action great video as always !

[@NeilSutherlandME]

spare engine: "I'm Jeff"

[@BradPhilpot]

I’ll add it to the list

[@senticclips13]

where did you get your helmet from. it looks sick !!

[@BradPhilpot]

It’s painted by Nippy Designs. It’s a really great job as always - Nippy are amazing

[@eaplayer2208]

John is the name of the practice one

[@BradPhilpot]

Ooh interesting - why?!

[@MaxFenton-vq1wd]

Good old Dave litchfield

[@BradPhilpot]

Legend

[@kartaroundtheworld]

My suggestion for the second engine name: UMK13 (Use More Kurb - 13 which is your racing number)

[@BradPhilpot]

I like it - doesn’t roll off the tongue but it’s the best one so far

[@RossiCostello-s6n]

try braking later into christmas and rotate the kart

[@BradPhilpot]

@@RossiCostello-s6n Yes - this is something I got to grips with later on after it got dark 😅

[@owensealeyracing]

i wish engines were reliable lol

[@BradPhilpot]

Fingers crossed for these

[@tobyfoord1614]

Call the engin Barry

[@BradPhilpot]

Haha but why?!

[@tobyfoord1614]

Named after sponge bobs pet snail

[@kevinpratt8122]

Call the second engine chopper, a term we used to use at the mx track when some 1 came with a older or a slower bike 🤣 we we're young

[@BradPhilpot]

I’m adding it to the list

[@zachchahl]

The engine name should be the rattler

[@BradPhilpot]

I hope not! 🤣

[@T-Man7]

Yo since your in UK wanna race some point next year I’m 12 years old and in some miracle you want to search up lockwell hill

[@kye_Racing21]

I don't need to say anything I'm so impressted

[@BradPhilpot]

Haha

[@SASraceCAM]

ruined the last corner now at whilton mill shame

[@BradPhilpot]

Yeah I agree, it’s nowhere near as good as

[@AnesMnasri]

Hello mate I want to know how much will cost me joining a national karting championship

[@BradPhilpot]

It’s going to massively depend on which championship and what your budget is. If you have me half a million pounds and told me I could only spend it on karting in the Uk, I could easily spend that. Likewise if you told me the budget was £5000, we can find a series which fits that budget.

[@AnesMnasri]

@@BradPhilpotlet’s say I have 5000

[@AnesMnasri]

@@BradPhilpotand I have another question what is better building my kart or buying complete and also do I need a pro mechanic to build my kart I mean fitting the engine and things like that or I can doit alone

[@BradPhilpot]

@AnesMnasri ​​⁠that really depends on how willing to learn you are. I didn’t know what I was doing at all about 16 months ago and I learned by doing it. It’s been fun too!

[@BradPhilpot]

@AnesMnasri take a look at Access Karting (Google that) and I can help explain what each series is about

[@T-Man7]

GFF15 get faster Faster! and you have 15k subscribers

[@ambrosia2]

1st

[@BradPhilpot]

Boom

[@JoaoCastroRacing21]

You need to "USE. MORE. KERB" on that final chicane

[@BradPhilpot]

You’re right

[@CallumStern-v1h]

I wouldn’t want to in testing a new kart because it’ll just damage the chassis

[@dannywhite132]

Old chassis will bend if you twat the final chicane unfortunately. Another oversight in its design

[@BradPhilpot]