KZ400 Shifter kart project

[Kaptain Krunch]

Probably not, that would be a lot of steel wool. I did make another little baffle for the inside, i want it to sound nice, and decently loud, just not straight piped.

 

[bigfootrules31]

that muffler wont annoy the neighbours as much as it should

 

[freakboy]

Lol you dont wana piss your neibors off with strait pipes like i do?

 

[Kaptain Krunch]

well my neighbor on the left has a gun...the one on the right makes amazing cakes, dont really wanna piss either off haha

 

[freakboy]

lol yeah man thats a good idea hahah funny thing is around here im the one with the best cakes the most guns and the loudest engine, so there all doomed!

 

[Smurph]

Great job on the muffler. Looks great.

 

[Kaptain Krunch]

I got some more done today, a friend came over whos getting into this type of stuff and wanted to help so we worked on the kart some. I let him do a lot of the welding on the less important parts, because he isnt the greatest haha.

Finished up the brake pedal linkage.

(Ignore the battery, its just sitting there)

Also made the battery box

and mounted the caliper, thats the mount i unbolted it because one of the pads came loose.

 

[freakboy]

does it move yet?

 

[Kaptain Krunch]

Me and my friend pushed it outside to do a little welding, does that count?


I need to finish the shifter linkage, finish clutch linkage, do the wiring, finish the exhaust, and go back over all of my friends ****ty welds mad2, and get some brake line. Then its drivable.

 

[Kaptain Krunch]

I guess i have to make a 2 piece (dis-connectable) header, i finish it up and tacked the Y pipe in place only to find out i couldnt remove the headers because the exhaust ports slant out away from each other. I'm workin on it tho, about half way done at the moment.

 

[freakboy]

i cant wait till this things done man! its gona be sick.

 

[modelengineer]

I'd make the hole in the baffle the same size as the pipes, that way you have less restriction in the exhaust.

 

[Kaptain Krunch]

Its already less restrictive than stock, the stock pipes had about 3/4" outlets, and the stock headers are only 1" ID, the muffler i made has 1 1/2" ID pipes, and the baffles have 1" x 3" holes.

 

[Kaptain Krunch]

More progress, finished the exhaust and notched the frame for chain clearance.

 

[freakboy]

god i cant wait till this build is done!!!!!

 

[Kaptain Krunch]

i started her up today! she sounds like a ****in beast with that muffler, pretty loud too. I would get a video but i ran out of gas completely... I also have to re configure the steering, at the moment the tie rods get in the way of my feet, and the brake pedal.

So list of things to do before i can test it

-finish up steering linkages
-rig up throttle (should be a 5 minute job)
-rig up clutch (prolly a 10 minute job)
-run brake line and plumb
-square away axle (keyways, set screws, chain etc)
-Do some more wiring

I should hopefully be heading into town tonight for brake line, some misc nuts and bolts, and more gas. I'll get a video of it running as soon as i get gas.

 

[Kaptain Krunch]

How do these air filters look?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/indi...otorcyclesQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories#ht_500wt_722

 

[freakboy]

they look like airfilters! lol there nice lookin.

 

[Rickracer]

If your motor has the vacuum diaphragm carbs (rather than slide carbs), it will be tough to get them to work really right with those filters, they really need the stock airbox.

 

[Kaptain Krunch]

Well its got keihen carbs, that have diaphragm slides, and butterflies, so i dont know what you would consider that. The diaphragms simply control the slides.

Heres a video of the beast running.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsQD6Fx8BfQ