Hey guys-
I've been poking around here for a while trying to learn some stuff, but just made my account, so I figured I'd introduce myself.
I'm Jonas, a rising high school senior in VT. At my school, each senior is expected to complete a "senior project," a year long project on the topic of his/her choice. I've always had a strong understanding for the conceptual and the small scale physical (e.g. Legos
), but the area between those two - particularly auto mechanics - has always given me hell. It is my family's joke that when I open a hood, I see more nice patterns than engine components. However, I've wanted to do something about this, so I figured what better way than to spend a year building a go kart - for school credit! I'm still very, very new to everything here, but I'm doing my best to learn everything I can, and it seems like this is the place to be!
I'm looking to build a cross between a dune buggy and the traditional shifter cart, something for a mix of uses mostly between fields, trails, and gravel driveways. I'm anticipating that this will include, ideally, suspension, possibly a roll cage, and a reasonably powerful engine.
So I just wanted to say thanks in advance to everyone, for helping and bearing with me and my potentially steel-skulled questions or comments.
Thanks!
~Jonas
I've been poking around here for a while trying to learn some stuff, but just made my account, so I figured I'd introduce myself.
I'm Jonas, a rising high school senior in VT. At my school, each senior is expected to complete a "senior project," a year long project on the topic of his/her choice. I've always had a strong understanding for the conceptual and the small scale physical (e.g. Legos
), but the area between those two - particularly auto mechanics - has always given me hell. It is my family's joke that when I open a hood, I see more nice patterns than engine components. However, I've wanted to do something about this, so I figured what better way than to spend a year building a go kart - for school credit! I'm still very, very new to everything here, but I'm doing my best to learn everything I can, and it seems like this is the place to be!I'm looking to build a cross between a dune buggy and the traditional shifter cart, something for a mix of uses mostly between fields, trails, and gravel driveways. I'm anticipating that this will include, ideally, suspension, possibly a roll cage, and a reasonably powerful engine.
So I just wanted to say thanks in advance to everyone, for helping and bearing with me and my potentially steel-skulled questions or comments.
Thanks!
~Jonas
