I'm interested, although my project will take a bit longer than that....
. If enough people enter it would still be cool to see what other people enter!
Nothing like a deadline to speed up a project though!
can it include modification of an existing DIY frame? if so, IM IN!
Don't see why not.
I think the OMB rule of no more than 50% built is pretty good, I would certainly include something along the lines of....
"Starting with something complete is okay, but you really have to modify the crap out of it."
It's not like I'm making all the rules and setting them in
Awesome.
I will be very interested to see the outcome! Natural gas would be cool to see on a kart. Best of luck!
You should build one that runs on natural gas and enter it.
I would be interested, only however, if we had more time... I do not have much funds for much... so getting some parts would be hard...
...got plenty of junk to fiddle with...
It doesn't have to start soon, it could start in a few months. That would give us poorer folk some time to collect some parts.
I may not be in a position to enter, but I'd like to see it.
The problem here is our limited active membership- so with every category, the number of potential entrants drops greatly. I might suggest a single category, with an extended build time- Like a budget build (under $200 for example) or a vintage restomod. Food for thought, anyhow. I like the OMB concept of posting a dated pic with a picture of the primary parts pile.
Might be doable...
Yeah, the lack of active members is the biggest barrier for something like this.
I would suggest that if we just have a single category we should make it a "free for all". Just a what ever goes sort of thing. If it's a specific category then that limits the entrants. Eg if it was a restomod then I wouldn't be able to compete as old pre-built frames are super dooper uber rare in Aus (I could probably use the Scrap Kart V2, but I have other plans for that).
And yes, the picture with the written entry is a good idea. Seeing as it will probably be quite some time before this starts, to stop people from taking such a pic now I'l (or seeing as I will be an entrant, perhaps you could seeing as you've said it's unlikely you'l compete) make a random word that must be written in the picture entry (I hope that makes sense) and that word will be released when entries start.
Oh yeah I didn't think about that. What would we be graded on? Lol because I don't have a lot of money to make a nice kart, I was thinking more of a scrap build with the stuff that I have already.
I figure at the end we'd have a poll to decide who has the awesomest creation.
id enter if i qualify... real soon, got one of these stripped down and plan to make it fast and much bigger tires.
Everyone qualifies! And Blue, you always have a million projects going so when ever we start it you'l surely have something you can enter! :arf: The modded rear engine mower would certainly be very cool and unique though!
Well, see- that's pretty much my perspective. This is DIY Go Karts, with an emphasis on ingenuity and creativity. Let's face it- folks with a huge motorsports budget are a lot more likely to just go out and buy an expensive new whatevermobile, rather than hang out here- building stuff and troubleshooting, piecing things together.
Yeah, even if someone does spend heaps (of money, not time) to make it look nice that's not what gets my vote. I like to see ingenuity and clever design much more than chrome wheels and pleated vinyl seats.
Well I couldnt do anything else right now with me building the 6x6 and it being my entry in OMB's contest.
I'd probably just enter it here as well if this contest gets off the ground.
If the contest was started early summer or later I'd come up with another vehicle.
If we do it soon then I'd have no problem with you running your 6x6 in it, very cool build indeed.
And geez, it's halfway through summer now, I don't want to wait 'till the end of the year before we start!
