Flexibel_kampfe
Hopeful for building kart
I guess you are right... I kinda forgot about the wheels being on individual arms(forgot a full axle wasnt needed)
Dangers of go-karts?
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Kaptain Krunch
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if its a full size buggy, rack and pinion would be nice, kart size steering racks can be had cheap too.
bajagokart
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Your parents are strict haha my parents were all for me building my baja because it taught me a crap load of stuff I never knew before!
fowler
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get all the planning done first
and get all the saftey info
if u plan they will think u know what u are doing
use common sense
and get all the saftey info
if u plan they will think u know what u are doing
use common sense
Flexibel_kampfe
Hopeful for building kart
keyword is Think... hehe...
fowler
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yes
Doc Sprocket
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If you think and plan sufficiently, you WILL know what you're doing.
Flexibel_kampfe
Hopeful for building kart
Well, they know that I am going to be going to college(after HS of course) for mechanical engineering... Ill just tell them that its a good learning experience, since it is from draft- production.... there we go....
Car control learned well in advance of actually driving a car on the streets is a huge bonus that parents should respect. I'm a parent and I'm already teaching my children about car control at ages 4 and 6... Getting the urge to powerslide and do other crazy stuff out of your system on a kart is much better than on the public roads!
My 2 cents...
My 2 cents...
Kenny_McCormic
Kartless....
With a solid roll cage and a good 5 point you should be safer than most cars.
Kenny_McCormic
Kartless....
Problem there is about the first time they get in snow with the $1000 FWD econobox you will probably buy them they will learn that FWD handles *** backwards compared to RWD. I did learn a lot playing with karts/mowers, and I think you are doing a good thing. But nothing can prepare them for off throttle oversteer and their intuition that less throttle=less slide is wrong.
Doc Sprocket
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You got a very valid point, Kenny.
Rotore
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my parents didnt car they said you better not thinj of making it legal
All i gotta say is if you are unsure about anything ANYTHING that may put your safty in danger... stop what you are doing take a breath try to figure it out and if you cant come ask someone more expriranced... i cant spell... but there is NO STUPID QUESTION when it comes to safty
FWD vs RWD vs AWD - most of the same principles apply - braking, over/under steer, looking down the road, anticipation, etc... I've raced both karts and FWD cars for 20+ years and found that going fast and staying on the track is 99% the same. Inducing and balancing over/under steer is different for sure but I guarantee the lessons I learned karting as a kid helped a lot when cutting my teeth on icy northern Michigan roads with FWD (and AWD) cars as a teen.
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