My Go-kart Restoration

[scott33]

this is my go kart that i am restoring. when i finally found it behind my brothers friends shed it was rusted and didn't have a engine and front wheels. then i bought a 6.5 hp engine from harbor freight. polished the wheels and sanded the frame. moved over the platform that holds the engine. painted it. fixed the gas pedal and throttle cable. made a seat. and made a ram air intake. all i need now is new wheels a centrifugal clutch and chain. about a year ago this was very fast with a 3hp engine and now that i have a 6.5 it will be alot faster and stronger. right now i have a 60 tooth sprocket and was wondering if it would be fast enough. should i get get a 40 tooth?

 

[crazycart]

welcome

i would put mesh screen over the ends of the ram intake,rocks and sand will get sucked up.

and,it all depends on how fast you want to go

 

[scott33]

welcome

i would put mesh screen over the ends of the ram intake,rocks and sand will get sucked up.

and,it all depends on how fast you want to go

thanks i'll probably do that. and i was wanting to go as fast as i can but still have good acceleration

 

[jr dragster T]

well a 40 tooth sprocket is pretty small there is a speed calculater here on this site you can use

 

[2or3wheels]

60 will be pretty speedy, with good excell

 

[scott33]

i finally got it running today and it is pretty fast but accelerates to top speed right away so im going to buy a 40 tooth so i can go faster even though it will take a little more time to accelerate ill put new pics of it now that im done

 

[scott33]

video

heres a video of it with my brother that weighs alot more then me so it goes slower lol http://youtube.com/watch?v=Tm1e4TUApGM

 

[2or3wheels]

that ram air=bad ***, so you still use the air filter that cam with the engine? is so then all you need to do iot keeps rocks and olid debris out of it.

 

[scott33]

at first i wasnt using it but then i opened it and found a bunch of leaves so i put it back on.

 

[scott33]

lol someone called the cops on me today. i was riding around my neighborhood and then a few minutes after i stopped a cop car started driving around looking for me

 

[kibble]

Awwww that sucks! Why people gotta be like that?

 

[RobertD]

that sucks. It's the problem with go karts -- they aren't legal for on road use in most places.

 

[robin]

did you repair the old rim ?

 

[2or3wheels]

Damn people, ive never had someone call the cops on me, yet.

 

[scott33]

did you repair the old rim ?

no i'm going to buy new wheels for the back because there lopsided and sat outside for a long time

 

[scott33]

Damn people, ive never had someone call the cops on me, yet.

it sucks for me because i live next to a bunch of old people. they call the cops on me for everything like fireworks, bb guns, airsoft guns, partys and alot of other stuff lol. but the cops dont even care they just tell me its enough for that day lol

 

[RobertD]

when I was a kid, i ticked off a couple of neighbors in the neighborhood, and they would call periodically. Sometimes you can reason with people / apologize and that will help. I suspect most people don't really have a problem with go karts, but they don't like disrespect. Looking back I probably could've figured out a way to make everyone happy, but, hey, I was young.
(not saying you were being rude, just making a comment)

 

[my_mini_bike]

lol bloody cops.. once an un-marked caught me when i was drving my kart.. altough he let me off with a warning. hes was an alright bloke, but he was still a cop lol. but you do need to watch out, he told me that it would be something like $2000 worth fo fines; underage driver, unregistered vehice, distrubing the peace etcc etccc....

 

[crazycart]

2 of my neighbors are cops and one is pretty cool about it and asks me how my projects are goin,but the other one is full of himself and threatens to call the cops when hes off duty lol

 

[2or3wheels]

wow total opposites.