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Here's some progress to get everything ground down, smoothed out and painted. I was thinking about silver/black and decided to start with everything black then do the tubes silver. Sent from my SM-J700T using Tapatalk

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Got the new rear end fitted and welded in. I scraped the paint and caked on dirt off and could finally read some details on the reserve canister that said Yamaha Monocross Suspension It's overkill for a yard kart, but It fits well and has an adjustable shock for ride height and has the...

HI JTSD, I logged in today on a laptop computer to check out what you were describing. Since I have not uploaded any of my files on the computer, there were no attachments there for me to manage. When I view these images using the laptop, I can see the images have automatically been resized to...

Hi @Slicksonly Nice work on the Roadrunner kart. Really nice looking in blue. Can you tell us more about your brake lines in photo 1/9 above ? Looks like some kind of plastic hose with compression fittings or something ? I have been using banjo style lines and have found they don't want to...

Hi JTSD, No, have not tried the uploads as a thumbnail. I typically use my phone to enter the posts, and all I get is a grey box in the lower left corner that has a [+] sign for Photos,Files. After selecting the files I hit the > in the upper right corner to send. Is the image thumbnail a...

Here is some "sawz-all" action on the Yamaha Warrior monoshock rear clip. Measured for the cuts and decided the kart frame would be close enough to accept the entire monoshock assembly as a transplant. Used some tie wraps and a piece of wood to hold it in place for a trial fit on the kart...

Re-design time.... I have been waiting for 3 weeks on the rear axle hubs and in the mean time I found that they would not be the perfect solution for the build, so it's time to re-design the rear swingarm. I'm going to use the Yamaha 350 rear carrier, axle and tires I bought in week 2 of my...

I decided to add a muffler to my header pipe so I will be able to ride without having my neighbors call the Police on me. I made a couple of cuts and changed the bend slightly so it is more centered. When I was welding it back together, my welder started giving me problems again. The...

Hi @karte_m0lim, I like those long travel shocks and springs. So the rear (Ibiza) will be on the front (buggy) and the front (Ibiza) will be on the rear (buggy). Yes? I will be watching to see how you make the steering on the new front wheels, or will this be rear wheel steering ?? Sent...

Rear and side from the video ....just because you can, don't mean you should.... Safety of others - Probably needs to add some mirrors so he can see when he pulls out into the road after taking a good look at the LS in the VW. Sent from my SM-J700T using Tapatalk

There's no doubt that many on this site could advise on improving such a build, but this car guy actually demonstrated the concept of a DIY v8 powered go kart. Who would have ever thunk of that ? No radiator though (?).... The point is these are car guys looking to have some fun on pit row...

One of my friends saw this kart with an engine swap over the weekend at LS Fest in Bowling Green. Biggest motor I ever seen on a kart. Sent from my SM-J700T using Tapatalk

Seroiusly, I was happy to get through all that and to find the rims had favorable backspacing. I re-measured and need 3" on each side (measure twice and buy once, right?) Here's how it should look, but it's still on a block. I have a set of spacers on order. Sent from my SM-J700T using Tapatalk

Ok, so an interesting day today.... I was rummaging through my ATV parts bin to look for that TaoTao 110 rear brake pedal and cylinder, and actually found it. The rear brake (foot operated) is the wrong shape and the cylinder wants to be mounted vertical, and it has no reservoir and a broken cap...

Off topic: car in background of first pic... my guess is early (?) 70's Mercury Capri. @abone ... Nice work on the karts. Sure sounds like a clutch issue to me. New defective part, missing weight or loose spring on the inside (?) Sent from my SM-J700T using Tapatalk

Working on the brake pedal assembly. I found this two plunger master cylinder on the interweb and thought it might be a good value. The plungers are adjustable, so the front brakes can be made to engage before the rear... The idea was to be able to hold the just enough pressure on the front...

I put on the floor pan and started on the steering shaft. The rusty piece of 1x2 tubing is temporary, to hold the steering wheel at the desired height while I work in the upper mount. I added a short piece of tubing to connect the two shock towers and that was a good place to hang the...

Great work on the details, painted sprockets, matching wheels and the seat. Looks really nice.l! Sent from my SM-J700T using Tapatalk

I put in a day's worth of teardown, cutting, welding and wire brushing over 100 welds. So I had an issue in the front right corner that bugged me enough to cut the welds and re-do them after tweaking that top tube a bit. I didn't want to weld on the top shock mounts until it was right, so here...