Recent content by dobbo049

Awesome! :D Still think it looks fantastic! and glad it worked out so well. Have a good graduation! Speak to u soon :)

Been doing a bit of reading up on the SVA, I don't think you can call it a kit car or a quad unless the chassis has been approved, so for a complete new vehicle apparently its pretty hard to get. I've got a mate of mine on the case at the moment so hopefully he will be able to help me out but...

Ahh, yeh I didn't think it would be cheap, I just thought that maybe there was some sort of regulation that allows using the road within a certain distance etc. I'd only need to take it down the road, I wouldn't be going shopping in it :P

Just a quick question, how would you go about getting a kart or buggy made road legal?, I guess the obvious things are seatbelts, indicators, brake lights etc. But what else? Is it even possible? Is it cheap? I'm from the UK so that's what I want to know about. Thanks :) Stuart

Wow, I gotta say, I love it :D Probably be better if I give you a PM about the finer details but if you would like to help me out I'd really appreciate it? :)

Wow thanks for the picture's I actually really like that one, Looks great but not over complicated. Its very similar to the kind of design I'm going for. I might have to nick some of your ideas :)

That looks great :D Definitely the kind of thing I'm going for on the back. Front looks like its going to take a bit of work, does anyone do single A-arms on the front? or would that not be stable enough? I'm putting a few quick drawings together of ideas, Ill post them when I'm done.

I just men't two shocks on the same arm, Just so I could centralise the engine, like the tarantula. Ill have a look around the forum, I think the look of the front suspension on the Arachnid is putting me off a bit, I need to find some example of a more simple system.

What if I where to just have the rear suspension? I'm fairly confident with building but as I said this is my first proper Kart so I don't want to over complicate it, Id rather build a more simple one that I can adjust and improve in time.

With the amount I'm now adding back onto it I'm starting to think it would be better to just build the Arachnid :/ I don't really have a budget but as this is my first time of building a proper Go Kart, I was hoping to keep it a little more simple :P

I dont think we do but I went on their website and they ship around the world so I'm sure I could get one from there.

Ahh ok I'm with you, thanks :) I think I would rather have a Dual-A-arm on the back, Id quite like to have the engine centred between the shocks. Just think there would be better to spread out the weight.

Okay thanks, can you link me to any specific threads or pics? I'm searching now but If you have anything specific It would be a great help. Thanks

I didn't design it, the picture is from Spidercarts.com http://www.spidercarts.com/go-kart-plans/tarantula-go-kart-plans.html, they sell plans but I'd personally prefer to design my own. If I put suspension in the middle similar to this design would that be enough? Or should I consider...

Hello I'm new here and this is my first post :) I'm Stuart, I'm 20 years old and live in England, always been a bit of an engineer and love building things, I work in Agriculture. For a while now I've been debating building a Go Kart, I've built several ones without engines in the past but...