EAGLE 2020, THE NEW MINI CHASSIS THAT RELAUNCHES THE EKS BRAND
TKART Staff
11 May 2021
CIK-FIA 2020-2023
HOMOLOGATION The approval of the EKS Eagle chassis (filed by Emme Racing SAS) is from 2020: the first established by the FIA for the MINI class and valid for 4 years. The approval number is 009-CH-02.
MINI
CONFIGURATION The chassis is aimed at younger kart drivers who want to get involved in racing, between 8 and 12 years of age.
28 MM
TUBES DIAMETER The technical regulations require the MINI chassis to include 28 mm diameter and 2 mm thick tubes.
MANUALE
WELDING The Eagle chassis is manually welded, in line with the Emme Racing tradition.
ALUMINIUM
ACCESSORIES The accessories are almost all made of aluminium. Only the steering wheel hub is made of magnesium, not for a technical reason, but because it is the same used in the Junior and Senior kart product lines.
Top partner
The MINI chassis with CIK-FIA 2020 approval produced by Emme Racing has stood out in WSK competitions, those of the highest level in its class, also thanks to a body design inherited from the chassis for the higher classes.
Emme Racing, an Italian company located in the province of Verona, is a historical enterprise in the world of karting. Having mainly been a subcontractor company over the years, it has defined its value from a technical production point of view, but it has never established itself with its own commercial brand, EKS (Eagle Kart System). It has only been focusing on its own brand in recent years, especially in the MINI class with the 2020 chassis approval, the Eagle. This is a chassis that is complete new that inherits nothing from its predecessor Diablo and has achieved significant performance results in the latest international competitions, which have determined a considerable interest in the manufacturer, since in the past it had not been particularly committed to or distinguished in this class.
The design of the new body, unlike the previous Diablo, is in line with the current trend of the main manufacturers. In fact, the double curve of the side fairings was introduced in the transition area between the front and rear, at the height of the tank: "A choice mainly dictated by market needs, rather than by real benefits in terms of performance", says Giampaolo Masotto, owner and founder of Emme Racing.
The new graphics mix the colours already present in the latest models of the brand, but with a different design.Read more
In addition to the EKS logo, the 0039 and Italfreno brands stand out in regard to the fairings: the first is the brand of the Emme Racing accessories line, the second is the brand of the braking system.Read more
Orange remains the dominant and distinctive colour of the EKS MINI. What changes is the shade as well as the chassis paint finish.
100%
A technical direction that goes against the trend, probably, would have risked the Italian company missing out on some potential customers, in other words those kart drivers who are not very inclined to unusual technical solutions. The Eagle body is made up of tubes with an external diameter of 28 mm and a thickness of 2 mm, characteristics required by the technical regulations of the MINI class.
Continue reading the article by subscribing for only 0.96 € / week
Utente che approccia per la prima volta il mondo del karting. Non ha mai avuto un kart proprio oppure lo possiede da pochi mesi. Gli mancano tutte le conoscenze di base ed elementari di questo sport e necessita di informazioni che gli permettano di orientarsi. Cerca risposte a domande come: come fare la miscela? Quali strumenti mi servono per gestire il kart? Quali sono le differenze tra la pressione di gonfiaggio delle gomme di un'auto e quelle di un kart? E come trasportare il kart in pista?
Praticante
Utente che pratica il karting da più tempo, gestendo personalmente il proprio mezzo. Conosce le nozioni di base di questo sport, ma desidera rimanere aggiornato sulle novità del settore e ricevere consigli per migliorare le proprie capacità di meccanico e pilota. Cerca risposte a domande del tipo: come installare sistemi di raccolta dati e leggere le informazioni base? Come gestire al meglio le pressioni delle gomme? Come affinare il rapporto del kart per migliorare le prestazioni? Il praticante potrebbe rimanere tale per tutta la vita, preferendo non affrontare questioni tecniche troppo complesse, ma continuando a migliorarsi e divertirsi nel mondo del karting.
Esperto
Si tratta di un utente praticante che non si accontenta delle conoscenze base di questo sport, ma vuole approfondire fino ai massimi livelli ogni singolo aspetto legato alla guida e alla tecnica. L’approccio è pressoché professionale. La discriminante è chiara: il praticante si ferma quando le attività relative al kart diventano complesse, come il cambio di un pistone o della candela, senza però cimentarsi in operazioni più avanzate come la lappatura della canna. L’esperto, invece, non si spaventa di affrontare questioni a complessità elevata, come per esempio equilibrare autonomamente l’albero motore o regolare l’anticipo.