My First Go Kart Build

[Pellethuntr2]

What exactly did you use for shocks??? very nice build bye the way

 

[The Product]

i used two 750 lbs. bike shocks they work really well. im very proud of wat i have built and i will be building another one in the future.

p.s. thanks to whoever fixed the spelling mistake in the title, it was bugging me

 

[The Product]

GO KART IS DONE!! just painting the frame and pieces heres some pics of the parts being primed and painted

 

[Doc Sprocket]

Looks amazing, nice work! ...Sutton High?

 

[The Product]

yea lmao

how did you know?

 

[Doc Sprocket]

Willow Beach... Some 22 years ago (dang, I feel old now!) I lived in Keswick, my best friend lived in Willow Beach, we attended Sutton High. Great laffs!
Nice to see someone's coming outta that school able to read a tape measure!!!LMAO

 

[The Product]

yea man! haha did u ever take the metal shop class or auto class?

was Mr. Winters
or
Mr. Maclean
working then?

 

[Doc Sprocket]

Yes to both. Had alot of fun with my auto teacher- old German guy- Mr. Schalburg. Everytime he left the room, about six of us would pick up his prized VW Beetle, rotate it 180* and set it back down. We'd see him come back in, Pause briefly looking puzzled, sometimes shake his head, and get back to things. One day, he musta stepped out a dozen times, and I swear he musta thought he was losing it!
In fact, he already lost it. He used to tell us that he had a bush pilot buddy of his periodically fly him over his house to see if his wife was cheating!!!
And I'll never forget how he taught us how to hand-pack wheel bearings, he said "Ziss schtuff schticks to your hands like someting schticks to ze sheets!" LMAO!

 

[The Product]

LMAO yea sadly its my last year

Good times at SDHS man im really gonna miss it

 

[The Product]

some more pics of paint progress

 

[The Product]

here's a video of my first test drive
it runs awesome but the chain fell off at the end, just needed some lube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2u_bvWscz8

 

[Doc Sprocket]

Lookin' good! Hope you have a larger area to drive it, though!

 

[The Product]

oh i do lol thats just my driveway

 

[dcook3333]

Great first project! You're an addict, now, too.
I agree- the "rev limiter" effect that you're hearing is like a carb issue.

 

[The Product]

i took the governor off now and it doesn't do it so its good goes really fast does 70 kph

 

[dcook3333]

Great stuff! That front end should work out - but if it doesn't you may have room to do 2 tie rods if it doesn't work out - no biggie.
I converted a rigid buggie to rear suspension only this winter. What I've found is that it steers a whole lot better. I think it's because that any unevenness in the pavement is sucked up by the rear suspension - therefore letting both front tires stay in contact even though they are still fixed to the frame. This said, perhaps you'll notice that same good road manners in your kart.

 

[SpyGuy]

Nice build, good work. I like the mesh front floorboard. Now for a Mexican blanket on that seat .....

 

[The Product]

lmao mexican blanket eh? haha and yea i like my rear suspension and the front end works really well it just steers REALLY sharp

 

[SpyGuy]

Tell ya what: I get my hands on a little two-seater, I'll be doing the Mex blanket seatcover, plus some other "old's cool" stuff. I plan on making a neat little swap meet cruiser when I can find the right chassis ..... dinero's a little tight right now, so that project's on the back burner.

Great job on your build.

 

[The Product]

thanks spyguy i love it. it's so fun to drive