Karting??..

Whatever track you go to, make friends that have been there before. Many of them are willing to help out and give pointers. Is the kart corner balanced? If not it's definetly worth it to do so. I would start getting some of the two piece gear sets now, you'll be playing with them alot. I remember when the Briggs Animal (I guess they still call it that) engine came out, one of the first overhead valve kart engines.