Awesome lowbudget gokart built from scratch!

[Kaptain Krunch]

simple + durable! what would you recomend?

Locking collar and keyway. Welding onto an axle is good for a while, but if that sprocket holder ever gets bent or wears off, grinding off the welds wont be fun, and your axle will never be perfect.

 

[BriggsTwins]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...fb4c824&itemid=290395716894&ff4=263602_263622

take a look

 

[Redneck]

locking collars would be good, but welding works fine for me!

 

[Redneck]

some pics in it´s right environment (really happy with the result!) absolutely no problems when testdriving it. once its warm its very easy to start
this evening i drove out on the field with my tractor and made a track for the kart, and i´ll work tomorrow with the track couse a have to flatten it!

i think i´m gonna put a video up soon too ...

 

[freakboy]

Looks good man! great job how fast she go? and a vid is a must.

 

[BriggsTwins]

Oh my god that thing is bad A$$ed

you better believe im jealous! cant wait for a video


just be sure to get a nice take too, shaky kart vids make people get motion sickness

 

[Redneck]

thanks dudes!

i havent driven it up to full speed yet, for a reasonable cause... i have no working breakes yet but i know for sure it will go 65 km/h +, maybe 70, (i have done the maths!...) still it´s a four stroke 150 cc motorcycle engine, cant expect to much, but i felt that the acceleration is good because of the manual sequential gearbox

 

[Redneck]

i realized that i could switch tires from my homemade minibike with the front tires on the kart, now I´ll get more traction up front, and the kart just looks better, and the brakes are working really good now also!

i will expand my race track and maybe ad some jumps to it!
and i think i´ll put a video up within a week!

 

[Redneck]

i boght some new tires, and now it grips much better! but unfortunatly my front tires doesn´t grip as much as before!
couse i have better grip at the rear end, and no differntial

i must test several settups to get it just right
some pics, vid is coming soon...

 

[BriggsTwins]

drool.....

 

[Redneck]

Here´s a vid with the old tires! it was more fun with those tires. with the bigger tires as i have now , it´s very hard to steer couse of the amount of grip at the rear end, the kart only wants to go straight ahead...!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oy-ppIdbYK4

 

[bugatti_gokart]

Absolutely love this project. You just have to appreciate the work put into something like this, to build something awesome out of totally nothing. Great work you've got so far here Redneck!

 

[dan477]

hey i like your design i think im going to use something similar, ill post some pics of mine

 

[dan477]

how did you make the pipes, i try it and it just comes up with a sheet type thing???

 

[Redneck]

i just build as i go, i started with building the square tube base, then i built one side off the kart, and then i "copied" that side/measurements and built the other side. when every tube was tack-welded in place i took diagonal measurements to make sure everything is straight! diagonal measurements is very helpful when building a rollcage!

...hope that answers your question!

 

[dan477]

how do you join the pipes and get the right angles

 

[Redneck]

how do you join the pipes and get the right angles

mostly Eye-measurements and estemating!
havent used any anglemeasurement tools, not necessary

 

[Redneck]

Some painting!
and i have done a little modification to the muffler so it hopefully will sound better!

aaaahhhh.... Dad and his several projects i killing me... anyway here´s some pics so you dont get bored....and can you see the kart on last pic?

 

[Redneck]

Painted and nearly finished!

* added taillight
* wooden florboard
* Fixed the speed measuring system... (last pics in this post)

some electronics and wiring left to do

then I´ll have think of another projekt after the kart is finished... i was thinking small, 50cc, powerfull, gokart tires... like a barstool racer or something ... or those kind of thingis that you see on yotube when you type in "bierkiste mit motor" . Those are awesome

 

[nerfo]

That thing looks so cool! I love some of the smaller touches... like the starter motor for reverse (how well does that work, by the way?) and the rollerblade wheel for the speedometer drive... nice! And is that a LED tube for a brake light? Awesome kart man...