Car Setup Sheet
Know exactly what the car went out on, so a faster or slower session can be traced to a change rather than a feeling.
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Motorsport and track days · MT-10
Kart Setup and Session Sheet
A free printable karting setup sheet — track widths, axle, hubs, geometry, gearing, carb and tyre pressures as run, with a session log of each change.
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One page. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.
Print it and write on it
Fill it in type and save
The fillable versions have real form fields — open them in any PDF reader, type into them and save. Printing help.
What this sheet is for
Tie every kart setup change to the lap time it produced, so a day at the track ends with a known best setup rather than a feeling about one.
Who it is for
Kart drivers, parents and mechanics at club and championship level, from cadet classes upwards.
How to use it
- Fill in the driver, kart, circuit, conditions and tyre set before the first run.
- Write the setup exactly as the kart left the pits, including cold pressures.
- Log each session with the one change made and the best and average laps.
- Record hot pressures straight after the run, before they drop.
- At the end of the day, write down the best setup and what to try next time.
What is on the sheet
One page, top to bottom:
Printed under the title: A kart's setup and the sessions it ran on that setup, on one page — chassis, axle, gearing, carb and tyres as they were, and the lap times each change produced.
One change per run. Karts are set up by what the driver and the stopwatch say, not by a printed baseline — so none is printed. Change one thing at a time and record the lap times against it, or you will never know which change did what.
Write-on lines: Driver · Kart / class · Circuit · Date · Engine no. · Conditions / track temp · Tyre set / age · Weight (driver + kart)
Setup as it left the pits
Write-on lines: Front width · Rear width · Axle type / stiffness · Hubs F / R · Caster / camber · Toe · Ride height F / R · Seat position / stays · Torsion bars · Brake setting · Sprocket / gearing · Carb / jet settings · Chain / lubrication · Tyre pressures cold FL/FR/RL/RR
Sessions on this setup
Table, 5 rows: Session · Change made · Best lap · Average · Hot pressures · Driver comment
Write-on lines: Best setup of the day · Try next time
Questions
Why is there no baseline setup printed?
Because a kart's setup depends on its chassis, class, tyres, the driver's weight and the circuit, and a printed baseline would be wrong for most karts. Start from your chassis manufacturer's or tyre supplier's guidance and your last good sheet.
Why only one change per session?
Because two changes at once cannot be told apart by a lap time. If the kart is faster you do not know which change did it; if it is slower you do not know which to undo.
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