Recent content by JDW

@Fabroman -- no, that seat isn't in the right spot, it's just sitting on the frame. The angles look odd, but it fits my son pretty well without any awkward angles -- but will be uncomfortable for a guy my size, I think. @mysteryboy28 -- Thanks for the suggestion and the mocked up pic... much...

A LOOOOONG day of welding today, but the frame is just about finished now. Pics of the frame, as well as the wooden jig I made to get the roll-cage angles correct, are below. We decided not to do a front suspension, but I liked the look of the A-arms from suspension carts, so we carried that...

A lot of cutting and welding today, but now the basic frame is pretty much complete. I think I'm going to have to trade-up from my little 90 AMP HF welder, though... a new Hobart 140 is looking pretty good right now... I opted to make the angle a little different than in the original...

Thanks for the compliments and encouragement, guys. Much appreciated! @OasisQc and ed1380 -- We're going with a Predator 212cc 6.5hp for now. Likely with a torque converter (although I'm not sure which one yet.) I'm laying out the dimensions and geometry of the rear engine mount swing-arm...

These are going to be the seats. Bought these a while back for a project that never happened, and had them in the attic -- Jegs-branded racing seats. No brackets, though, so I'll have to fab something up, I guess.

Well, my 11 year old son and I decided to start a project, and "go kart" won out. We're building a 2-person, off road kart. After looking around the web for a bit, we decided that the GrandDaddy cart from SpiderCarts was close, but not quite perfect. After a little more digging, I came...