Gary's Low Budget Kart Build

[Garified]

Are you going to try to get this thing street legal? That would be idea because you can't be nailed for taking it on roads then. How about syphon some with garden hose in the car, suck, and then quickly put it in the kart? Go 'til full, kink the hose and pull it out of the car.

I've got a 95 XJ Cherokee. The amount of gas that go-kart holds wouldn't fuel that thing for 10 miles.


We're not necessarily making it street legal, just street safe mainly. I do a lot of driving around my neighborhood although I'm pretty sure the cops out here don't give a ****, plus I know most of them. We only take back-roads when driving on the street, though.

Getting it street legal would be pretty sweet though... I would like to drive it to school and save some gas!

 

[LiveDarkness]

Headlights have a flat mount so this bar would be great

Well we have everything we need to make it street legal, as long as it has potential to go 45 lol, plus just get a golf cart permit for it

 

[Garified]

Well we have everything we need to make it street legal, as long as it has potential to go 45 lol, plus just get a golf cart permit for it

It's plenty fast to get us a speeding ticket in town...

The law says:

"Golf carts, four-wheeled ATVs and similar “non-highway vehicles” may operate only on streets with a posted speed limit of 35 mph or less."

So I think we're good seeing there are no speed limit signs above 35 in town.

I'll ask a police officer next time I run into one just to make sure.

 

[LiveDarkness]

It's plenty fast to get us a speeding ticket in town...

The law says:

"Golf carts, four-wheeled ATVs and similar “non-highway vehicles” may operate only on streets with a posted speed limit of 35 mph or less."

So I think we're good seeing there are no speed limit signs above 35 in town.

Wow thats great. Problem solved lol. Tomorrow while Im at college, work on getting the tailight mounts welded on. Ill leave everything with you so you can see what your working with.

 

[Garified]

Wow thats great. Problem solved lol. Tomorrow while Im at college, work on getting the tailight mounts welded on. Ill leave everything with you so you can see what your working with.

Another thing I read was that the vehicle has to also be registered, pass DOT regulations, pass emissions standards and it has to be insured, so not so much. lol

Like I said, I'll ask a police officer next time I see one.

I'll probably end up mounting everything and leaving the wiring to you. We might have homeroom in the morning because we are probably switching to 2nd semester tomorrow.

I wonder how hard it would be to get a speedometer for the kart... lol

 

[LiveDarkness]

Yeah I would definitely prefer if you didnt try to wire anything. I have a whole mental diagram ill be sticking to lol. but a speedometer might be tricky.

 

[r97]

Yeah I would definitely prefer if you didnt try to wire anything. I have a whole mental diagram ill be sticking to lol. but a speedometer might be tricky.

i don't think a speedometer would be that bad. of course it might cost you a bit, but you guys have only spent 45bucks on the whole thing, so i bet you can find some cash.

these are probably your two best options,

i have been meaning to buy this, but i'm just too cheap, and i dont really need it,
http://www.surpluscenter.com/item.asp?item=28-1751&catname=engines

you could also get a bike speedometer for as little as 5 bucks off eBay.



p.s. i'm jealous of you guys, driving these karts on the street, and having back roads to drive them on (cant leave my small neighborhood without going on to a road that i think is a highway (lots of traffic, and people go like 45-50, but it has houses and stuff on it so its not quite a highway, but still, not for karts! )


EDIT: maybe if i take a path through the woods i can get to a non-highway road, but i will need a more all-terrain kart for that (not to mention waiting until i'm 16yrs old)

 

[LiveDarkness]

i don't think a speedometer would be that bad. of course it might cost you a bit, but you guys have only spent 45bucks on the whole thing, so i bet you can find some cash.

these are probably your two best options,

i have been meaning to buy this, but i'm just too cheap, and i dont really need it,
http://www.surpluscenter.com/item.asp?item=28-1751&catname=engines

you could also get a bike speedometer for as little as 5 bucks off eBay.



p.s. i'm jealous of you guys, driving these karts on the street, and having back roads to drive them on (cant leave my small neighborhood without going on to a road that i think is a highway (lots of traffic, and people go like 45-50, but it has houses and stuff on it so its not quite a highway, but still, not for karts! )


EDIT: maybe if i take a path through the woods i can get to a non-highway road, but i will need a more all-terrain kart for that (not to mention waiting until i'm 16yrs old)

Well thats definitely in my budget. Thanks dude Ive been trying to figure out what kind of speedometer would work and you just taught me something lol.

 

[redsox985]

I've got a 95 XJ Cherokee. The amount of gas that go-kart holds wouldn't fuel that thing for 10 miles.


We're not necessarily making it street legal, just street safe mainly. I do a lot of driving around my neighborhood although I'm pretty sure the cops out here don't give a ****, plus I know most of them. We only take back-roads when driving on the street, though.

Getting it street legal would be pretty sweet though... I would like to drive it to school and save some gas!

I thought the kart was empty not the car. Oops, just take the kart to school one day and not your jeep. Now THAT would be interesting.

 

[LiveDarkness]

And also.....

And also I dont know about the bike speedometer. The link you gave seemed like it would be fine, but bike speedometers tend to give this problem

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUVI4rMoaq8

 

[Garified]

OMG YES LETS GET THE $20 ONE R97 LINKED!!! That would be awesome on our kart!

 

[redsox985]

Check the link r97 posted in the general go kart section under a thread named something like "gas? guages?", it links to surplus center.

 

[Garified]

I thought the kart was empty not the car. Oops, just take the kart to school one day and not your jeep. Now THAT would be interesting.

Too bad school is a 15-20 minute drive from my house!!!

Plus police infest the roads on the way there...

 

[LiveDarkness]

OMG YES LETS GET THE $20 ONE R97 LINKED!!! That would be awesome on our kart!

I agree, and the hookup wouldnt be anything. we'll order it in a couple weeks

 

[Garified]

Also, thanks to R97 again:

JACKPOT:

http://www.surpluscenter.com/sort.asp?catname=engines&keyword=NFGA


Also, having a master electrician for a friend is nice. lol!

 

[LiveDarkness]

Also, thanks to R97 again:

JACKPOT:

http://www.surpluscenter.com/sort.asp?catname=engines&keyword=NFGA


Also, having a master electrician for a friend is nice. lol!

Lol well having a mechanic as a friend has got us this far. and by the way WTF is up with this smiley lol

 

[Garified]

Lol well having a mechanic as a friend has got us this far. and by the way WTF is up with this smiley lol

Beating a dead horse. Ever hear the expression?

When you're doing something pointless, you're said to be beating a dead horse.

 

[LiveDarkness]

Beating a dead horse. Ever hear the expression?

When you're doing something pointless, you're said to be beating a dead horse.

And then it all comes together :biggrinjester:

 

[Garified]

And then it all comes together :biggrinjester:

lol...


Hey I logged into my Youtube account earlier and I got a message saying "Congratulations! Your account is now enabled for uploads longer than 15 minutes. Click the Upload button below to select a video." I guess now my videos can be however long. That's awesome.

I don't know why but HEII YEAH! ! lol

 

[LiveDarkness]

lol...


Hey I logged into my Youtube account earlier and I got a message saying "Congratulations! Your account is now enabled for uploads longer than 15 minutes. Click the Upload button below to select a video." I guess now my videos can be however long. That's awesome.

I don't know why but HEII YEAH! ! lol

thats what mine said I dint understand, but i didnt care either lol. none of my vids are ever longer than 10