heavy metal

[desertdweller]

That's interesting......hey desertduler....I saw ur kart...is that a kit?

 

[Desertduler]

That's interesting......hey desertduler....I saw ur kart...is that a kit?

No,it is all designed and built from scratch by myself.

 

[desertdweller]

ya,im really constrained by my living situation....im in a condo,and my build area is 8x10...have to haul all my equipment in and out every time I work on a project(my 220 outlet is 30ft. away from my weld area),needless to say,its a PAIN!....my gate is 33" wide,so anything I build,has to fit or get tilted to get out,thats why I have to consider the next build carefully....a kart would take the entire build area,so would a tandem engine chopper(not to mention double the cost of the drive train,on a side by side setup)....so probably gonna be awhile before I decide which way to go.....I do have a question tho,people have been telling me to take the governor and oil sending unit out,now,im OLD school learned,(i'm 60)and common sense tells me they engineered these things IN for a reason....(i'd just as soon take out my trucks oil sending unit)but,if you guys think I can get another 5mph+,by removing the governor,it might be worth it........

 

[chancer]

The oil sensor is a nice "engineered in" thing, If your predator is sitting stationary on a truck running a pump, compressor, tree brush shredder etc. But on a kart every time you turn the oil sloshes to one side and the oil sensor kills the motor. However rewired it is a great remote kill switch. Just wire it to a momentary switch on the steering wheel and it will instantly kill the engine at the touch of a button. Unlike the old switches where you have to hold down a button 3-5 seconds to ground out the spark.
And the governor...

 

[desertdweller]

advice accepted...sounds logical to me,thank you very much for your input,sir....thats really gonna come in handy on my next build,since its going to be an offroad model.....again,thank you

 

[desertdweller]

I finally got a small album of my Heavy Metal build posted....its basically a roller build and the pics are in reverse order....still waiting on that elusive 16t 3/4 #40 sprocket...till then,this bad little bikes gotta sit!

 

[desertdweller]

gone

this is the last pic I got of Heavy Metal,just before I sold it for a grand....I didn't get a chance to ride it,(my kid did(200lbs...says it has scary acceleration...lol).....i was doing idling tests,and a neighbors friend walked up and bought it on the spot,put it in the back of his truck,and that's the last I heard of him.......so I RAN,not walked to H.F....lol...been laughin ever since..ON TO THA NEXT BUILD!!!.......