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I don't think that this will work the way you have it draw out. If a clutch is supposed to engage in one direction (I THINK it is only supposed to engage in one direction) and you flip it over, then it will engage in the OTHER direction.

Does this frame look OK? The design is from blackley1's frame.

Ok and I could see myself getting parts and then they wouldn't work:)

When you build a go kart, do you order all of the parts at once or do you buy steel and make the frame, then buy everything else in sections?

Oh wow, what a site!

I just checked, they are $20 for the plans.

Oh I see, so it is making a redundancy? And if I want to move the fuel tank and I end up needing a pump then how does it operate? Does it need a battery?

Why one more? Can each master cylinder handle 2 calipers?

Quick question… If I get one master cylinder and one caliper today then if I get two more brakes for the front then do I need two more master cylinders?

What is the advantage of having two engines? More HP?

The reason those karts can go so fast is because they can go to to 7500 rpm's whereas most engines can only go up to 3600.

Yeah, I know. My reason for wanting to use bike brakes is because they were small and relatively cheap. Because they were small I could put them on the front wheels relatively easy. If there is a thread that has a guide or something about using front brakes I would love to see it. I haven't been...

Ok thanks for the warning. Will having 2 brakes on the back be better than 1? These are gokart breaks I'm taking about...

Did your bike brakes work?

Yeah, just make sure that the gear on the output of the transmission uses the same chain as the gear on the axle.

BTW this is the 100th post, I had to do it :lolgoku:

Oh ok. Im just not sure he thinks they would fail. (I respect your statement though) Ok, so a bike with rider weighs 190 lbs. 2 disk brakes can stop him. A gokart with a driver weighs 200lbs. (Im very light) Im not sure why 3 disk brakes would fail?

Smaller ratio (5:1) has greater speed but less acceleration. A bigger ratio (8:1) has less speed to much more acceleration.

Thanks for the responses. For the front suspension, I have found a spring on ebay that is for a manco cart. For brakes, Im not sure what 'sid means by "Well in case of emergency you will start bleeding badly"

Well if a bike and rider weighs 200 lbs, that means that each brake has to stop about 100 lbs each. If a kart and driver weighs 200 lbs (I am skinny) then that means that each brake has to stop 66 lbs. And since most of the stopping power is in the front brakes, then it should stop sooner...