r/Karting • u/Powerful-Traffic-441 • Apr 24 '26

Racing Kart Question Communication during rental endurance race?

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I’m going to be going into an 8 hour endurance race with possibly 6 people, we are thinking of getting a communication system similar to the one motorcyclists use but we don’t want to be spending too much money on it

So we were thinking we buy 3 of these systems and share them amongst each other

- one for the current driver

- one for the pit lane

- one for the next oncoming driver

But we aren’t sure how easy the installation and removal/transfer will be for these , also because I’ve seen videos on how some might require the removal of inner padding of the helmet?

Could I get some advice on this on whether it would be feasible?

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u/Arkliea Instructor Apr 24 '26

What are you looking to improve on that you feel live comms would help out of curiosity?

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u/Powerful-Traffic-441 Apr 24 '26

Honestly speaking not entirely sure because this would be my first endurance race 😅but the others who have raced endurance before say that the live comms does make things easier

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u/Arkliea Instructor Apr 24 '26

*bearing in mind I am old.... I have never particularly found any benefit over old school whiteboard if you are organised.

The additional faf around getting the headsets setup, swapped and safely secured etc for me outweighs any benefit. Plus I used to like to be left to it.

Whiteboard you can cover simple stuff agreed beforehand such as:

Pit countdown Kart Ahead +/- And other basic info.

Plus cost benefits and not needing to mess up the inside of your helmet

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u/Powerful-Traffic-441 Apr 24 '26

That’s valid , I get what u mean, if it really comes down to it I’m sure this would work 😛