Biggest two seater gocart for a tall guy?

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Hi all! This will be my first post on here. I am very tall at 6’ 11”. I am currently rebuilding a manco dingo with a 12 inch stretched frame. The suspension on this thing is non existing and id like to upgrade to a two seater, is there a specific cart i should look out for? I was eyeing the manco silverfox but im just not sure. Any advice? Thanks guys.
 

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The foxes are almost the same frame as a Dingo. Unfortunately no one ever made a Gokart for giants. (Not making fun of you at all!) anything to fit you is going to have to be kustom made. I sorry, but consider getting the Grand Daddy plans and modifying to suit.
 

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You could probably stretch the frame of any 2 seater with suspension. Does the one you currently have seem O K strength wise.
 

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You could probably stretch the frame of any 2 seater with suspension. Does the one you currently have seem O K strength wise.
The dingo is pretty much a basket case. I didnt build it, was looking for a gocart showed up and had 0 clue this thing was stretched (like it was made to be with me being 7 foot and stumbling across a stretched gocart). I will try and get pics, these welds do not seem the best lol. Goal is to stay with stock structural integrity but im not sure thats an option now.
 

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You wil not find a STOCK manufactured kart that will come anywhere close to fitting your size. Largest kart I have ever seen is a Manco Intruder. I own one one and it has a wheelbase of 68" . Most all other 2 seat karts are going to be
in the 59" to 61" range . One of my grandsons is 6'2" and easily fits in the Manco, maybe even room for another inch or two, but not another 7 or 8.
I have never seen a stretched kart, but have read on this forum about several.
I'm sure with the right wall thickness of tubing and a competent welder it could be done successfully and probably a LOT less work than building one from scratch.
 

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these welds do not seem the best lol.
All I know about stretching steel tubes (square or round) is that a good fit of an insert inside of or sleeving over the outside of the tubes, where joints cut for stretching are, make for very solid joints that are as structurally sound as the original tubes before cutting. Goes without saying that decent welding is required.
 

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You wil not find a STOCK manufactured kart that will come anywhere close to fitting your size. Largest kart I have ever seen is a Manco Intruder. I own one one and it has a wheelbase of 68" . Most all other 2 seat karts are going to be
in the 59" to 61" range . One of my grandsons is 6'2" and easily fits in the Manco, maybe even room for another inch or two, but not another 7 or 8.
I have never seen a stretched kart, but have read on this forum about several.
I'm sure with the right wall thickness of tubing and a competent welder it could be done successfully and probably a LOT less work than building one from scratch.
What is the measurement from the seatback (asscrack land) to the pedals on your intruder? Thats where it matters most for me. Ill measure what im at in the dingo right now. I just removed the seat the previous owner welded in so that i can throw rails on it so it can slide back and forth when a 7 footer isnt driving it.
 

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Seat back to pedals on the Intruder is 43" . I have 3 other 2 seat karts, with the shorter wheelbase, 59 and 60" . Seat back to pedals in them is 37, 39, and 40"
None of my karts is the same brand and none of them would be considered
kiddie or child sized. I am one of those normal sized guys, 5' 11" 225 lbs.
Not really fat, just pretty WIDE and I drive all of them without any problems.
 

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Seat back to pedals on the Intruder is 43" . I have 3 other 2 seat karts, with the shorter wheelbase, 59 and 60" . Seat back to pedals in them is 37, 39, and 40"
None of my karts is the same brand and none of them would be considered
kiddie or child sized. I am one of those normal sized guys, 5' 11" 225 lbs.
Not really fat, just pretty WIDE and I drive all of them without any problems.
Are you saying im not normal!? 😂 thanks for the measurements brother ill have to see where the dingo is at and ill get back with yall
 

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All I know about stretching steel tubes (square or round) is that a good fit of an insert inside of or sleeving over the outside of the tubes, where joints cut for stretching are, make for very solid joints that are as structurally sound as the original tubes before cutting. Goes without saying that decent welding is required.
I am not with the cart but here are some pics for now (ill get better ones tomorrow) (top is from when i bought it i had to remount motor and throw on a 30 series torque converter as well as the seat from my old stand) it is stretched in the middle, no extra support or anything. I was thinking about running a piece of angle iron all the way down or some sort of clamp that i can then weld to make the initial weld more locked in, or 12inches or so of tubing or something i can weld onto the intial stretch spot. Thoughts?
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At first glance the kart looks pretty cool. Too bad it doesn't have suspension. For off road use it really makes a difference, especially after 20 minutes or so. To take a 2 seater ( with suspension ) and cut it and then telescope heavy wall tubing over the existing 10" to 12" in either direction and welded on place I would think you'd be O K. Looks like they did roll cage and upper side rails on
yours, which you would also have to do. One more modification. I bet when you drive your present kart the steering wheel is too far away. Need to lengthen that
as well. Might have to change the angle, depending on where it ends up. Bet you have about 48" to 50" from seat back to pedals.
 

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At first glance the kart looks pretty cool. Too bad it doesn't have suspension. For off road use it really makes a difference, especially after 20 minutes or so. To take a 2 seater ( with suspension ) and cut it and then telescope heavy wall tubing over the existing 10" to 12" in either direction and welded on place I would think you'd be O K. Looks like they did roll cage and upper side rails on
yours, which you would also have to do. One more modification. I bet when you drive your present kart the steering wheel is too far away. Need to lengthen that
as well. Might have to change the angle, depending on where it ends up. Bet you have about 48" to 50" from seat back to pedals.
The suspension part eats me. Makes me want to weld on the front end of an atv or something. Id agree with you on room for sure. The steering will probably need to be lengthened. I was thinking about getting a deep well steering wheel as well as welding on a quick release, but will probably end up doing more to it.
 

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The back end of the kart is where the suspension really makes a difference.
Three of my karts have suspension front and rear. The 4th, a Yerf-Dog only
has it on the front axle and while I suppose it helps ( don't have a complete ridged one for comparison ) when I take a truck and trailer full of Grandkids
out to the desert it is always the last one chosen. Adding suspension to both ends of your kart would seem to me to be more work and expense than stretching out another one.
 

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Great balloons out back, but unfortunately not enough alone even under low pressure to save your back-crack from becoming a back-breaker offroad. If no suspension is planned, then quadruple-pad that seat.
 

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Hi all. I came across the manco super deuce. Theres one for 900, four hours away from me. This has a seat to pedal of 44 inches. Are there any big buggies or are we already considering those as gocarts when i asked my question?
 

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That sounds even bigger than the Intruder. I think to get any more room you would have to go to a full sized buggy. Or even a side by side. Those things cost as much as a new automobile. And then you have left the go kart world,
and all the fun it provides WAY WAY back there.
 
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