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Im claiming Northern England!! :wai: Bearing in mind the amount of rain I can see why I'm the only one North of Watford Gap :roflol:

Gokart trucks 1″ welded steel tubing chassis, 3 1/2 HP Briggs engine (optional 5 HP w/wo electric start), recoil start, centrifugal clutch chain drive. 4:10×3:50×6″ wheels, band type single wheel brakes, polyfoam seat, fiberglass body, fiberglass windscreen, speeds up to 20 MPH. Dimensions...

i've been looking at a kenworth gokart semi truck, its 200kg, has a 3.5hp engine and can do 20mph so is 10hp gonna manage 500kg?

Is this it?:roflol:

Is a 10hp engine alright?

machinist@large: Is this what you meant by a space frame?

What about a standard motorbike gearbox?

I quite like the sounds of that idea, with the simplicity of just having to move a lever

Is a 3 speed motor cycle gearbox a possiability for this?

Im from Chester so quite North when compared to Cornwall! lol

Thats a good idea :) roughly what wall thickness would that be?

Would used scaffolding tube be ok? Its 48mm diameter and 4mm wall thickness. Downside the stuff is 1.34kg a foot and the frame needs about 30ft of the stuff... So that is already up to 40kg

Would something along the lines of this be alright for the chassis?

I have been thinking, on a go kart would you be able to have a combination of a live rear axle but with the wheels pinned on like a traction engine as when you pull the pin out of one wheel it allows it to rotate freely on corners so the axle becomes one wheel drive.

Would I be ok using 14 inch wheels?

Transmission? e.g. gearbox

Hi guys! I'm from England in the UK and am interested in pretty much anything mechanical :wai: And I help out with fullsize steam engines quite alot.

It wouldn't be the most adgile thing in the world, lol I'll be happy if I got 20mph out of it because the fullsized are limited to 60mph

I was thinking along the lines of a 1/3rd scale one so could take 4 people. On this drawing I have also marked roughly the center of gravity of the bus with people on it:

I was on vacation in Florida the other week and have taken a liking to the Disney Transport buses. Does anyone know if you would be able to create a go kart bus? Also I have a spare Briggs and Stratton 10hp engine, would this be of any use?