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Hello I am Will from NJ.
I have grown up working and building cars; however, this will be my first time starting a build thread.
I am building 2 go karts for my sons. They both show pretty good driving skills since I hopped up their power wheels.
After much deliberation I decided to go with 1 inch square tubing aluminum so I can play with my tig welder and develop my aluminum welding skills. While I would love to have a tubing bender and do it out of round, I don't really want to spend the money on a tubing bender and I do not have the place to mount it.
I am also making them both electric as both are sensitive to the sound of the lawn mower (3 and 5 year old). I have an 800 watt 36v motor that I am planning to run off of dewalt 20v drill batteries. I am not 100% sure that will work the way I want it to; however, I got a deal on the batteries and I want to give it a try.
Right now I have 2 piece frames cut and tach welded. since they are going to be mostly off road karts the front is going to have A arm suspension while the rear is a swing arm. If anyone has recommendation for rear shocks for swing arm suspension for young kids I would love to hear it. Right now I have a shock/spring from the rear of a motor cycle.
For those looking for them, I will have photos in the the next few days to show the progress I have right now.

Will
 
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Welcome, Will! Your project sounds awesome, and going electric is a great choice for kids. For rear shocks, small ATV or minibike shocks work well and are kid-friendly.
 
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Damiango said:
Welcome, Will! Your project sounds awesome, and going electric is a great choice for kids. For rear shocks, small ATV or minibike shocks work well and are kid-friendly.
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Hello,
Sorry I didn’t see this come through before. My email gets packed with stuff so I don’t see the notification.
Thank you, I appreciate your comments and advice. Right now I think I bought two motorcycle shocks and I’m concerned they will be too stiff. I will look into minibike and small atv. If you happen to think of any, I would appreciate hearing about it.
Will
 
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I think my preferences are set to “no email notifications“ but at the same time I drop in and read the weekly active threads and even more so now since I moderate. No worries on being late, it’s life with its ebbs and flows.

Since this is a build-thread thread, I think members would appreciate a status of where you are in the project and some photos, even if they’re photos of someone else’s kart that you are trying to emulate.

We have a few electric kart gurus here that can assist as well.
 
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Hellion said:
I think my preferences are set to “no email notifications“ but at the same time I drop in and read the weekly active threads and even more so now since I moderate. No worries on being late, it’s life with its ebbs and flows.

Since this is a build-thread thread, I think members would appreciate a status of where you are in the project and some photos, even if they’re photos of someone else’s kart that you are trying to emulate.

We have a few electric kart gurus here that can assist as well.
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Thank you,
The build is 100% design in my head and mostly figuring out what I want to do when I get there or slightly in advance.
I apologize about the photos. My pieces have been in multiple locations as I have only been working on little areas late at night when the kids are asleep.
I have gathered some parts and I’ll take some photos of the layout tonight.
Will
 
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not sure if if this is a better way of attaching the photos.
plus there are a couple photos of late night welding.
 

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Sorry one snuck in there that did not belong. But if anyone asks, yes I make my own Christmas lights.
 

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What does everyone think of mounting the motor on the in front, behind, or directly over the axle gear?
 
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