Frikken Turbo Kart!

[Evoluent]

Alright, this may just prove how insane I am...

I recently bought a junkyard front end assembly for my '95 Buick, but come to find out the body was way too shot to even begin the surgery, and the junkyard I got it from doesn't do returns apparently. I also have some scrap C-channel steel and the original steering to my Buick.

What I was thinking about doing is using the junkyard subframe assem. and weld the steering knuckles solid, then using the other frame piece make the front end but take out the engine save it for later. Basically a much less pretty Buick version of the VW Dune, but turbocharged... and more classy. Worst part is is trying to find a place to conceal the electronics.

Am I just that crazy or could this be pulled off?

 

[Joe-405]

Seen it done. But most use a sandrail frame and just weld the whole subframe under the rear and leave the suspension as a IRS assembly.

 

[Mopar Jim]

Far from crazy...putting a jet engine on one of mine..Must be the New Hampshire water...lol

 

[Iron John]

Yep and yep. Almost anything (safe) will work up front due to light weight but of course you have great speed potential.

Stuff the ECU in an .50 caliber can.

 

[Evoluent]

That or another alternative is take every bit of sheetmetal and glass off it I can, then weld those C-channel pieces from halfway up the subframe down to the rear axel tunnel, and reverse-engineer the junkyard subframe assem. so I have rear steering as well. I could make a gearbox that plugs in one input, then put out a front & rear output for both steering racks. Throttle linkage would be easy. Use a RC control main and set both servos to the same frequency.

 

[Mopar Jim]

My mind is working overtime with a visual..Thinking Junkyard Wars!!

 

[Iron John]

That or another alternative is take every bit of sheetmetal and glass off it I can, then weld those C-channel pieces from halfway up the subframe down to the rear axel tunnel, and reverse-engineer the junkyard subframe assem. so I have rear steering as well. I could make a gearbox that plugs in one input, then put out a front & rear output for both steering racks. Throttle linkage would be easy. Use a RC control main and set both servos to the same frequency.

That last piece seems a way to hurt someone. No way one should trust hobbyist-quality R/C components to a machine with that much power.

 

[Evoluent]

The Germans do it with fully loaded BMWs. Full size RC cars.

 

[thebroketeenager]

Ever seen the youtube show ROADKILL? They made a go kart out of some c4 vette and it handled pretty well.
m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=GD3y7ylpqO8


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[landuse]

The Germans do it with fully loaded BMWs. Full size RC cars.

I am sure they used RC components of a greater quality than hobby stuff

 

[Iron John]

I am sure they used RC components of a greater quality than hobby stuff

This. Commercial applications include feedback (bi-directional communications), authentication/handshakes, fault tolerance, failsafe modes, error correction and more. Not quite the same as a hobbyist setup where the operator issues a command and hopes that it is carried out correctly.

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The Germans do it with fully loaded BMWs. Full size RC cars.

Not with radio communication. Everything is hard-wired to the central communication backbone. It's a computer network.

 

[Evoluent]

Ever seen the youtube show ROADKILL? They made a go kart out of some c4 vette and it handled pretty well.
m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=GD3y7ylpqO8


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YES! I was gonna do that with a friend but work got in the way. Though I can't wait to see the thrash battle between them and MCM. I was half tempted to do the "Monster Carlo" idea with one of my Novas...

 

[Poboy kartman]

Yeah....sorry you kinda lost me too with the RC stuff.....

Last time I checked....that was "Remote Control"?????

As in.....it was designed for your a$$ to be standing some distance away.....while the carnage occurs.....

Nawwww.....homey don't play like that.....

 

[Evoluent]

Yeah....sorry you kinda lost me too with the RC stuff.....

Last time I checked....that was "Remote Control"?????

As in.....it was designed for your a$$ to be standing some distance away.....while the carnage occurs.....

Nawwww.....homey don't play like that.....

Watch Mythbusters and Britt Top Gear, the guys ride in their full size RC cars all the time.

 

[thebroketeenager]

YES! I was gonna do that with a friend but work got in the way. Though I can't wait to see the thrash battle between them and MCM. I was half tempted to do the "Monster Carlo" idea with one of my Novas...

Dude all aboard the hype train WOO WOOOOO!!!!

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[Poboy kartman]

Watch Mythbusters and Britt Top Gear, the guys ride in their full size RC cars all the time.

Watch the 3 stooges....they poke each other in the eyes and hit each other with hammers.....hmmmmmm....