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    Drive-shaft. help pls

    hehe thanks all for your input. landuse don't worry here comes an other one.. I'm still confused about the gearing.. the engine has a 14t sprocket and was thinking to mate it with a 56-60t sprocket. if that's the case I will have 1:4 ratio. is that correct? should I go higher or lower than that...
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    Drive-shaft. help pls

    thanks fowler. My dia is going to be 1 1/4". thought mild steel doesn't have good properties for this purpose. well 10x again
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    Drive-shaft. help pls

    hi all. I am building a small off road buggy as a school project and have a question about the drive shaft. I want to know which material is best to use. The power is going to came from a 2 cylinder 250cc 4 stroke engine. The energy will then be transferred to a sprocket fixed on a live axil...
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    spindle brackets.

    thanks r97! by any chance do you own any spindle brackets? it would be of great help if I have the exact dimensions..
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    spindle brackets.

    Hi all. I am building the arachnid buggy from spidercarts as a school project. the design calls for 20 spindle bracket weldments, if I had to buy them the cost will total 70$.... so i decided i was going to make them my self. Is it a good idea if i use a U-channel and cut them to the required...
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    semi-automatic transmission

    thanks for the input guys really helped a lot. as you can notice i am not familiar with engines and transmissions and how they work. for now i am trying to get the picture of what i can used and how to do it (building and making a kart work) before going to the drawing board. I saw this engine...
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    semi-automatic transmission

    hi all, i am new and all and don't really know if i posted in the right place. i am planning on building a full-suspension kart/buggy as a school project but I have some questions. so here it goes.. Can a semi-automatic transmission taken from an old honda 70-80cc be used with a larger engine...
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