Thank you, I am still up in the air about powder coating it or not, my kart has held up really well with just a spray bomb paint job and it has spent a whole lot of time out on the lakebed that we race on,the lake bed where I go has no where near the salt content that the salt flats has and I would not even think about taking my karts there because of the corrosion and electrolysis that occur from that place,the thing that has had me concerned about powder coating is that goes on pretty thick and all of the reamed holes for instance for the king pins would have to be reamed of paint in order to get the king pins back through them again and I worry about the paint chipping around that area and the engine mounting area, if I was to do that and then I would also have to remove any powder coating paint where the axle bearings mount up to the frame because if I were to mount the axle bearings on top of the powder coating the coating might crack and deteriorate under the bearing mount and then the rear axle bearings would come lose,they need to mount up metal to metal I would have to take the frame down to bare metal in that location and I would not be too happy if I messed up,funny thing about out around the salt flat area is I have raced desert motorcycles on and off for a good amount of time and years ago there was a desert race out around the vicinity of the salt flats in the mountain areas there and there were some sections that you had to cross that were part of the old lake bed that a bunch of bikes got stuck in and they could not be retrieved right away for a few days and by the time they got all the stuck bikes out of the lake bed mud any magnesium parts on those bikes were destroyed and they would crumble to the touch! Horrible! so never take anything that you care about out there! The salt flats are flooded and yes they had to cancel speed week for the second year,bummer! I almost forgot,I strive my best to keep dirt out of my engines and that is why I use foam air filters with foam air filter oil and I make sure that the carburetors that I use are sealed as not to let in any dirt,dust,sand,water,etc. I learned many years ago how fast a engine can be destroyed by dirt entry and you learn little tricks and such over the years to keep your engine alive when desert racing machines of different types,I do service the clutch after every outing and sometimes that can be both days on a weekend.
gets everywhere & so corrosive... went to Bonneville in 07', one of the first question from the car rental was "Are you going to the salt flats".... um...nooo? Then spend about $30 dollars at the car wash trying to get it clean...
