Dèjá Vu Gas Buggy

[chancer]

Here I go again. I mentioned in my previous build that both my little kids had a Razor Buggy Electric kart. Just finished Hers so here I go with His. Should be a little better the second time around. So far got the frame stripped and tacked on the new rear sub frame to accept the gas motor, jackshaft and sprockets.

 

[2SlickNick]

Sounds like you might want to get a patent from razor to do this more often Lol.

 

[chancer]

1. I cant help it if they made a product that needs "fixed" and
2 Dude! it was sitting in my garage, what I am supposed to leave it alone! I tried it just kept looking at me. Both of them did I swear.

 

[XMG50]

Haha! Bet he's pumped huh? What motor are you going to put on it? 212?

 

[chancer]

Yeah he is getting happy. But not as happy as his sister, she has been drivin hers non stop for 3 days. It is his fault thou. The little smart @$$ told me. "Do hers first and if it works then you can do mine.

For now I gotta order a bunch of parts so I can continue. So this may be a liitle slow on the updates for a few days or week an ahalf.

 

[XMG50]

LOL! That's awesome! I bet he wants you to hurry and get his done now. Did you put a 212 on the other one?

 

[chancer]

Oh yeah I forgot. They both get the 79cc predator and approx. 12:1 gearing.

 

[chancer]

I drilled the frame and installed the bearing hangars. Slow progress still. Many parts will be in late next week. These hangars have 3/4" long slotted holes. I am using 7/16 bolts so there is 5/16 adjustability. I finally got something right and the holes are square so I should not need this adjustment but it is nice to have.

 

[chancer]

Just doin a little more while waiting for parts. Got the front bar for the engine mount put in. And made the engine mount plate. I will wait for the sprocket to come before welding the plate. That way I can square the plate off the sprocket. Also welded my new spindle bolts to the spindles, They are 5/8 the stock ones were small metric equivalent to 3/8.
Oh yeah and we picked a color. It is a deep fire engine red. We first laid on a base coat of Krylon metallic Gold, Then covered that with Plasti-kote brand Red anodized semi-transparent. It came out really cool. There is a small dollar and up Mom and Pop store here and they sell spray paint for $2 bucks a can

 

[landuse]

Nice. Keep it up

 

[XMG50]

Sweet! Looks like it's coming along nicely. I like that Fire engine red. $2 a can? Awesome!!

 

[chancer]

Tie rods Ackerman

Got some parts in today, My Clutch, (but no motor yet) and the new tie rod ends. Yesterday I fixed the Ackerman. With the frame upside down I Ran a string from the center of the rear axle to the center of the front spindle bolt. Had to add a mount to the existing arm to be able to drill a new tie rod mount ½" wider than stock, on both sides.
Today we (finally parts the boy can help bolt on) put on the new tie rods and set the toe neutral.
I just figured out if I hold the I phone sideways my pictures show up right (not Sideways)

 

[landuse]

Nicely done!

 

[chancer]

I got my thumb throttle and it was not the perfect application for use on this style steering wheel. Kids just don't have Giant thumbs. So I needed to adjust the angle of the mount to bring down the thumb throttle. I used an old trick I saw member "Noiseguy" do on his dingo restoration. I cut 3 slits 1/8 wide and 1/8 apart in the top of the bar. Then bent the bar upwards to close the gaps from the cuts. I then welded up the seams and ground down smooth. Now the boy will be able to reach the throttle and still steer the controls.
Edit: Pic 4 was supposed to be pic 1. and it is upside down,tried to fix sorry. Anyway it shows before and the need for huge thumbs.

 

[chancer]

I've been busy workin on this. But not a lot to share just time consuming measuring and finishing up details, like Jackshaft mount and brake caliper mount. But anyway all the frame welding is complete and we started the Paint process this afternoon. I mentioned before it was going to be a deep candyapple like red. So we laid down a base gold coat for the transparent red. However The boy has seen the gold and insists that we leave it gold, just gold and only gold. Its kind of humorous to me actually hilarious! What do you guys think? Be honest, I don't mind.

 

[chancer]

I was thinking Austin Powers "Gold Member" or for you OLD guys "007 Gold finger". Then I remembered Dennis' Go Kart Alley Rockford Pontiac. I guess the Gold won't be as bad as I thought. Plus with the fine dust in our yard where they ride... It will actually stay clean looking. Our red and blue karts always have a tinge of Tan dust on them anyway.

 

[landuse]

Seems like you have the Midas touch

 

[chancer]

Fast Forward... I was too busy finishing this Kart to update. So here is the test drive:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyT2a9dUjpI&feature=youtu.be

 

[chancer]

Final Assembly went like this: Front end, steering wheel and tires. Rear axle, sprockets and tires Jack shaft mount and motor. Floor boards. All very typical. I will get some shots uploaded of the finished Kart tomorrow. All in all It was very fun and came out better, and was easier the second time around.
Thanks for looking

 

[landuse]

It is looking great chancer . The gold makes it pop