PROJECT: (S)crap Kart

[r_chez_08]

i hate it when people say their projects cost nothing cos they have it all lying around, like just a spare clone there lol! looks great for a kart claiming to be crap!

 

[freakboy]

dang that sucks man but you should try a faster setting on your milling machine there. might make them look a tad bit better but good job on them things they be shiney!

 

[Kaptain Krunch]

i hate it when people say their projects cost nothing cos they have it all lying around, like just a spare clone there lol! looks great for a kart claiming to be crap!

I wont tell you what engine is just sitting in the snapper then :ninja:

dang that sucks man but you should try a faster setting on your milling machine there. might make them look a tad bit better but good job on them things they be shiney!

Told you it was gonna be ghetto, I guess i shoulda used a sharp 4 flute, i was using a dull 2 flute, and no coolant

 

[freakboy]

lololololol

 

[Kaptain Krunch]

Final update of the day, quite a bit of progress, its really coming together.

 

[freakboy]

It kinda looks good in a way lol

 

[dan]

them shocks arnt goin to work like that lol

 

[freakboy]

Yes they will

 

[Kaptain Krunch]

them shocks arnt goin to work like that lol

There just laying there because i didnt make the rear shock tower yet.

 

[Kaptain Krunch]

DONE (basically).

Got the rear end done, throttle linkage, steering, seat, etc. Took it for a test run, ran into a few problems but its still pretty sweet. First the front suspension has no rebound, so once you hit a bump its bottomed out and stays that way, the back is a little better, sags about half way and will rebound back to there after a bump. Second the gear ratio is WAY to high, 6:1 with a crappy tecumseh and 21" tires haha, my clutch got red hot after no more than 4 minutes of cruising full throttle.

Took 5 days from start to finish, cost Less than $10 (bought 4 cuttoff wheels and only used one) so like $2.19.

awesome cable splice job

 

[newrider3]

Awesome! As for the front suspension issue, you needed to mount the shocks more perpendicular to the ground, and you mounted them further parallel to the ground.

 

[Kaptain Krunch]

I figured moving them out further on the a-arm would reduce leverage from the tire? I guess i know what i have to do now, kinda dont feel like doing it. I might just scrounge up a couple extra shocks and double up.

 

[freakboy]

LMAO that thing is ghettooooo!!!!

 

[Kaptain Krunch]

Only the greatest creations come from my workshop lol. Another funny story, i made the thing too wide to fit out my door, i had to lift it up and turn it on its side to get it out, and as i did a tire fell off lol.

 

[freakboy]

LMAOOOOOO wow man wow how the hell the tire fall off?

 

[newrider3]

I figured moving them out further on the a-arm would reduce leverage from the tire? I guess i know what i have to do now, kinda dont feel like doing it. I might just scrounge up a couple extra shocks and double up.

The only problem with moving them out further like you did is when the arm cycles, instead of compressing the shock, it just levers it around a bit. With it parallel to the arm it wants to act like an upper a arm, but there aren't enough pivots for that to happen, so it locks.

 

[Kaptain Krunch]

The only problem with moving them out further like you did is when the arm cycles, instead of compressing the shock, it just levers it around a bit. With it parallel to the arm it wants to act like an upper a arm, but there aren't enough pivots for that to happen, so it locks.

Yea, i feel kinda dumb now, i wasnt really thinking about it before, now it seems so obvious haha so i guess i gotta re-do the shock mounts, i think i'll figure out my gearing/clutch issues first tho.

 

[Rotore]

Carefully the tire doesn't fall off when your on it

 

[Kaptain Krunch]

Naw, i fixed it i just forgot to bolt the spindle on lol.

 

[Rotore]

Lol that sounds like a mistake I would make.