First time building a go kart

[paulsblocks]

Hello everyone. I'm building a go kart for a project at school and I was wondering If you could help me with choosing materials for my go kart. I've designed it to be about 6ftx3ft, two seater, needs to carry a maximum of 200lbs. So far Ive designed it with 3/4" x 3/4" square tubing. Is this going to be enough, and could I possibly use angle iron instead. THANK YOU!

 

[tinamcjittles]

Hello everyone. I'm building a go kart for a project at school and I was wondering If you could help me with choosing materials for my go kart. I've designed it to be about 6ftx3ft, two seater, needs to carry a maximum of 200lbs. So far Ive designed it with 3/4" x 3/4" square tubing. Is this going to be enough, and could I possibly use angle iron instead. THANK YOU!

Square tubing is perfection, and I want to see your designs!

 

[Poboy kartman]

6'×3' is bad. 3/4" is too small..go with 1×1" and shorten up the kart by about 2'....

 

[paulsblocks]

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Square tubing is perfection, and I want to see your designs!

Id be happy to send you a file, it is viewed using sketchup

here are some pictures
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B2YkX-I9LcBlajJCcUtJQkRFbVE?usp=sharing

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Id be happy to send you a file, it is viewed using sketchup

here are some pictures
https://drive.google.com/drive/folde...VE?usp=sharing

 

[tinamcjittles]

ahh yeah, I don't know if 3/4 would hold up well with that design, but 1" is plentys

 

[OzFab]

6'x3' may be ok for total length, as long as the wheelbase isn't that long...

 

[Poboy kartman]

6'x3' may be ok for total length, as long as the wheelbase isn't that long...

True...I should have made that clearer.

 

[Jr. Mechanic]

If you were to use angle iron, I would weld them together so they would make a square, and make the frame out of that. Plain old angle iron may not be able to hold 200 lbs.
I only say this if you have a lot of angle iron laying around; otherwise buying 3/4*3/4 or 1*1 tubing may not be a bad idea