Recent content by ghostofChrist

We already have 4130 tubing. We are tig welding it, and yes we are putting a roll cage, regardless of power.

id like to find something a little more suited to street use.

thanks for the answer! We will be going with a smaller, less powerful engine for safeties sake. If that means buying plans for a frame, no problem. Im looking for plans for sale, but most of the ones im finding are for small lawnmower engine type karts or off road karts. This is more of a...

How does a go kart compare to a car with a similar power to weight ratio? I haven't driven a car with a 3lb/hp weight ratio, but we've driven cars that weigh 2900lbs with 500+hp so that's nothing new to us. We will probably end up going with a smaller, less powerful engine, but given our car...

We are using 1" 4130 tubing with a .083 thickness. We were told this would be strong enough by a couple of engineers on a different forum. We are aware standard go kart parts wont be strong enough, and have the motorcycle tranny. It would probably be a near 2.7lb/hp ratio, which is a lot, we...

I appreciate your input. I know everyone on here is going to say don't. Im a pretty experienced welder and definitely trust my welds, what I meant by not experienced metal workers is we probably wont be able to do anything you would need to do with a lathe or make with a forge and anvil. We...

Hi all, my friend and I are mechanical engineering majors in college, and both of us work in the construction industry (for now). Neither of us have much engineering experience, we are both freshman in college, but we decided to combine our love for building things and cars and came up with the...