building a go kart from scratch has been a fun and wallet deflating experience lol.

[devilstear]

hello posting my first project in the kart category,im new to this but still am trying to build one ,im short on time right now so just enjoy the pics and ill fill in the info on this project later ,im trying to find the very first photo to this kart but cant find them so these ones are the most recent which is probably half way through its final stage,it will be hosting a duromax 16 hp clone engine hopfully thats enough power to get it going in this sandy terrain, well enjoy the photos and thanks for stopping by.. ok one second im trying to post the pics....

 

[devilstear]

will upload more when they become available.

 

[zip kart]

what kinda exhaust is on it looks the job and how did u mount it on?

 

[devilstear]

ill post a better pic of the mounted exhaust,its a apexi N1 racing exhaust,back when i was younger i modified and tuned import cars so this is one of few parts i still have around,so yeah its made for a car but i thought why not bring back some memories an install it to this project haha,this exhaust isnt to heavy but i just made my own flange and welded a 1 1/4in elbow shaped exhaust pipe to a short 2in piece to another 2 1/4 to 2 1/2 and from there on to the muffler which is a 3 inch ..sounds good though i like it.

 

[devilstear]

well here are sum more photos im in the process of applying prime and paint , so far im not running into any problems with this project so lets hope it stays that way

 

[devilstear]

the front sheet metal got ripped not sure how but its pretty thin anyways it'll do for now

 

[landuse]

Your kart is looking good. It is going to look sweet when finished. What clutch are you going to be using. For an engine that large, and sand riding, I would suggest a Comet 40 series TC

 

[bighead]

Mad Max or Road Warrior kart for sure.

Keep the pics coming.

 

[devilstear]

thanks landuse and yes i will be using a 40 series TC although it seems ill have to buy all the parts separately cause i cant seem to find any kit looks like they dont have one wonder why,probably seeing $400 tag wouldnt make it look good lol,i was wondering if anybody knew if just any jackshaft would work with the driven so as long as their aligned, or does it have to be the ones they have made for it,any info will greatly be appreciated.

 

[devilstear]

Mad Max or Road Warrior kart for sure.

Keep the pics coming.

sorry for being such a newbie,wasnt sure what a mad max or road warrior was lol so had to google it and now i see what you mean,funny thing is when i began this all i knew was i was gonna build a simple kart that could take me from A to B without having to walk all the time to the water pumps for irrigation in this scorching heat,someone saw an came to ask what i was doing,i told'em building a go kart as the guy looked he was like that aint no go kart look at the size of this thing he pulls out a picture from his wallet with his son sitting on a go kart,i laughed an told him well if its not a go kart then at the moment its a space pod but in search after that lead me here so thank you all for being open enough to share your thoughts,and give technical advice and support which cant be found on store shelves will post more pics soon.

 

[devilstear]

well here you go finally done with the first part of painting,these round tubes were not easy to weld together but i managed haha,and also got the tc 40 series in yesterday, so enjoy.

 

[devilstear]

the tc is 1in and 3/4,didnt realize these were pretty expensive haha,next is time to put on the 1 1/4 axle,put bac the seat in which come from an 91 acura integra and seatbelt

 

[devilstear]

uhm if anyone is wondering what style this is honestly i have no idea haha, just something i dreamed of along sorry i got no plan or sketch of this,it isnt perfect manufacture style but enough to look at hahaha,any questions feel free to ask thats what we are all here for.

 

[OzFab]

Bighead is right, it looks very "road warrior", nice work (now that I can see it)

 

[Doc Sprocket]

I agree! Looks awesome- Kind of a more modern Road Warrior thing (considering the movie is 31 years old)! Big cool points!

EDIT- Crap, that just made me feel old!

 

[ArachnidBrosMN]

Cool, is that an aftermarket carburetor? Or just an aftermarket air-filter?

 

[devilstear]

thanks guys,i will upload more pics soon ,i forgot to weld the other side where the shock is gonna mount to dang it stupid me lol,i hate these moments where you forget or overlook something o'well more memories to laugh at...

 

[devilstear]

Cool, is that an aftermarket carburetor? Or just an aftermarket air-filter?

i wish it was but no its just a big aftermarket intake,but does anybody know what difference it would make to have an aftermarket throttle body on these type of engines,i know on car engines dyno test show a few ponies towards top end and lots of gain on high rev engines,just wonder if it works the same.

 

[devilstear]

ok progress seems to be kinda slow main reason is waiting on part to arrive so enjoy what i have so far finish and now waiting for the rest of parts hope ya'll enjoy for now..

 

[devilstear]

uhm no sorry its not a racing kart just made to imitate to feed the race craving kid inside lol