gokart overhaul

[bknights]

redoing my gokart again

redid the gokart like 6months ago
wich had been sitting in backyard for 8+ years

ditched the 5hp briggs motor and put a FH 6.5 clone on it
and got some cheap harbor freight front tires

and this is how it looked



this time around i wanna make it a one seater cause i was sliding all over the seat when drifting

going to ditch the whole body roll cage a just have a over head roll cage like a convertible car

already got 19x10 rear tires

will show my progress and hope to hear your thoughts

 

[solomon]

do you plan on moving the steering column and shaft to the middle of the frame?

 

[mike75925]

you could install a bumper to keep you on the driver's side? otherwise, you will need to do quite a bit of work to make it a one seater and look half way decent

 

[bknights]

yeah i goigng to move steering to center and right pedal all the way to the right side

adding a seat i got frome ebay
thinking of raising the seat to give me more leg room
im 6'2 and was pretty crunched up before (knees to chest lol)
so by centering the seat
having the pedal as far as possible from each other
and raising the seat will hopefully free up leg room

i know its gonna be alot of work and im up to for it
bought a $500 welding machine to add to my tool drawer and just for this

 

[bknights]

in first pic the black is where i wanna start the roll bar
and red is what i wanna delete

same in pic 2 black add and red delete

the red will be in the way of the back tires so need it gone

let me know how you think what i wanna will affect the gokart frame strength if at all

 

[Doc Sprocket]

Looks like you're goin' offroad with this. Having hacked off as much as you have, you'll want to add more reinforcements to keep that frame from bending.

 

[rgvkid]

Dooes that make sense. It doesn't have to have as many support bars but as long as everything is triangulated and you have no dead tubes. A dead tube is when a tube connects to another without any support on the other side. I'll post a pic with a yellow arrow of a dead tube.

 

[rgvkid]

Your cross brace tubing can be of smaller diameter or thinner wall, but you main support tubing i would make of no less then 1"x .095

The yellow arrows is where the tube is a dead, dead tube connection.

Here is also an odyssey cage which is a good example you can follow.

 

[modelengineer]

You should never have a kart with a cage without a harness, it's much more dangerous than no cage at all. If you have a cage, you MUST have a harness.

Also, if you don't have a cage you MUST NOT have a harness.

Please install a harness or at least a lap belt, or remove the cage entirely.

 

[bknights]

Your cross brace tubing can be of smaller diameter or thinner wall, but you main support tubing i would make of no less then 1"x .095

The yellow arrows is where the tube is a dead, dead tube connection.

Here is also an odyssey cage which is a good example you can follow.

alright avoid dead tube
thanks for the insight

dont wanna go all out like that pic but i want it to be safe in case it does roll over

 

[bknights]

You should never have a kart with a cage without a harness, it's much more dangerous than no cage at all. If you have a cage, you MUST have a harness.

Also, if you don't have a cage you MUST NOT have a harness.

Please install a harness or at least a lap belt, or remove the cage entirely.

defiantly a rule of thumb

yeah plan on having 4 point harness thats why i got a seat with slots

 

[bknights]

decided to go another route
ditched the whole roll cage

its like a mario cart lol
and a mini monster truck

its so much better than before
i love it this way

 

[bknights]

drove it out in the snow today

added rack and pinion also

 

[vgk]

If you dont mind me asking, Where did you get the seat? Also is it comfortable w/o padding?

 

[bknights]

got it off ebay was listed for dune buggys

its not bad i like it fits me perfect
its not uncomfortable

 

[Hybrid]

Where did you score those wheels, and how much?

 

[bknights]

back rims and tires i got from bmi karts
and front wheels i got off ebay they are for small atvs

 

[Hybrid]

cool thanks, looks sweet!