New guy! my attempt at a rat rod..

[ratrodder]

Hey guys! Im ian im 14 years old and this is my attempt at a "rat rod." kinda, its like a nice rat rod if that makes any sense!
It has a 5.5 intek 206 b&s motor
Started off like this, i paid 0$ traded it for a pair of old gm headers.

then i started tearing it down

then stripped it

then painted it with bedliner


then painted tires and powdercoated (all red stuff)






that is how it sits now. currently i am waiting on bearings and a sprocket. i plan and making the kill switch to the motor a little pull-string light bulb switch with a little guy hanging from it under the steering wheel. it will also act as a anti-theft device, because when i shut it off you will have to pull it one more time to start it or it will be shorted out. i also am making the gas tank out of a old fire extinguisher. thanks dude! c&c welcome!

[cumminsbayou4x4]

looks cool you should put a stack on the motor then take a coil and spark plug and put it in the pipe atach the coil to the fly wheel and it will shoot flames

[brandongeiger2]

Originally Posted by cumminsbayou4x4

looks cool you should put a stack on the motor then take a coil and spark plug and put it in the pipe atach the coil to the fly wheel and it will shoot flames

Wait you can actually do that and it works?!

[cumminsbayou4x4]

yeah i first seen it at cursin the coast and the was on a rat rod

[toystory_4wd]

Originally Posted by cumminsbayou4x4

looks cool you should put a stack on the motor then take a coil and spark plug and put it in the pipe atach the coil to the fly wheel and it will shoot flames

There's a little more to it than that.

Ratrodder- Nice kart. As it sits, it looks more like an old school hot rod than anything rat. Welcome to the forum!

[EvoDre]

nice work man the red and black looks killer!

[CGaul]

that's awesome!

[landuse]

You have done a great job! The white walled tyres really make it look cool

[bighead]

I really like it.

[SCK]

This is awsome! Great job!

[ratrodder]

thanks guys! these are the tires that came on it, but i plan to get some bigger slicks for the back and make it look like a gasser more that a rat rod. just got a ammo box from WWII with "620 rounds .30 cal" and some other og writing on the side. anyone have any ideas for brakes?

[Fabroman]

Everyone already knows my suggestion: Motorcycle rear disc brake setup

[ratrodder]

Originally Posted by Fabroman

Everyone already knows my suggestion: Motorcycle rear disc brake setup

thats what i was thinking

Ill get some pics tommrow of my new exhaust and the chain and sprocket. shes almost done!

[Fabroman]

How tall are your back tyres?

I just had a terrible thought: A bike disc may be too tall for your wheels. My daughters kart has 13s & I used one of the smallest discs I could find & there's only a little over 1" of ground clearance on the disc. Hopefully, you will find a smaller setup.

[toystory_4wd]

Climb onto FleaBay, and have a look at pit bike brakes. Same deal as motorcycle stuff, but scaled down a bit. You should be able to lay hands on a rotor that will meet your clearnace needs. The pit bike rotors I have are about 7", and I would imagine others are similar.

[Nodroz]

How thick is your axle? I see your wheels are pretty far away from your gokart. Wouldn't this create too much tension in the axle, so it can bend?

[landuse]

Originally Posted by Nodroz

How thick is your axle? I see your wheels are pretty far away from your gokart. Wouldn't this create too much tension in the axle, so it can bend?

You are right. It is always best to have the wheels as close to a bearing/frame as possible

[ratrodder]

i have 11" tires and a 1" thick axel. i dont really see andway to get the wheels closer though!

[Fabroman]

Originally Posted by toystory_4wd

Climb onto FleaBay, and have a look at pit bike brakes. Same deal as motorcycle stuff, but scaled down a bit. You should be able to lay hands on a rotor that will meet your clearnace needs. The pit bike rotors I have are about 7", and I would imagine others are similar.

Now there's a thought; I'd forgotten about them. You could probably get a whole setup new for under $50

[toystory_4wd]

Originally Posted by ratrodder

i have 11" tires and a 1" thick axel. i dont really see andway to get the wheels closer though!

Most simply, move the wheels inboard toward the bearings. A more complex solution would be to add outriggers to the frame to move the bearings outboard toward the wheels.