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r97 said:
p.s. where did you get the first pic?
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In a search on google.


R97, really nice work 10/10,I'm impressed!


you have a picture of your Throttle system?close to the engine.
I have another quick question..
How much did for the Torque Converter?all additions$$ ?and where you have buy it?

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You can also put videos on photobucket. It looks great. I like the line of carnage in the gravel. Are the swing arm bolts graded? I want one. How is the balance?
 
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Bluethunder3320 said:
just upload to you tube. looks super fun. jackshaft chain too loose?
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both chains were a bit loose, but i tightened them before i went out again. i don't have a you tube account , may make one though.


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In a search on google.


R97, really nice work 10/10,I'm impressed!


you have a picture of your Throttle system?close to the engine.
I have another quick question..
How much did for the Torque Converter?all additions$$ ?and where you have buy it?

thanks

JM
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i don't know how much additions cost, but i didn't blow the budget, got tc from here, so fan i have zero problems, it gets hot but doesn't seem to affect it, got mine here but they are for sale a couple other places, (look out shipping is a ridiculous 30 bucks!)

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You can also put videos on photobucket. It looks great. I like the line of carnage in the gravel. Are the swing arm bolts graded? I want one. How is the balance?
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thanks, yea, even though i had to rake it all back..... totally worth it! all bolts are grade 5, few nuts are grade 8 just because they didn't sell them in grade 5, i know some one here is gonna tell me how grade 5 aren't good enough, but they use grade 8 on race cars, grade 5 is good for a kart if you ask me. balance is pretty good, especially for it having the seat above the wheels, doesn't flip going like 15-20mph around the inside of cul de sac, one time i took a really sharp turn and floored it out of my drive way which got the right wheel off the ground, only complaint is that the steering is a bit touchy but you get used to it. so far my review on the gtc tc is excellent, no problems, heats up, but that doesn't affect it, i will wait until i get a few more hours on it before giving it a full review.
 
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Not working for me. I'm on my phone. The browser shows a black screen and the app says there was a playback issue.
 
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yea its a blast to ride! i tightened up the chain after i took the pics, before i went out again.

no i haven't mentioned them, if i had access to a junk yard i would have got bike ones but, i don't have access to a junk yard. they are i think MCP mini lite hydraulic brakes, i got the kit but i also needed another 5ft of brake line, and another bottle of fluid (took two extremely long hours to bleed them :mad2:), you can buy them here (link!!!!), i got them for less though. they work amazingly well!

edit: i may make another vid, maybe riding, but i don't have an actual video camera (except for a 20yr old dinosaur) so i can only get like 1min of footage with a digital camera, may buy a helmet cam.
 
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If you have other photos that might help us in assembling the kart,it would be appreciated.

A picture is worth a thousand words.;)

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yea i could but i'm ok, anyway, i was wondering if any one had a good idea on slowing down the steering, its really fast, i would hate to sneeze and go flying into the curb(yea its really touchy), so far (out of many) my best idea has bean a rack and pinion, i will get a better turning radius (complicated to explain, but i will) and the steering wll be slowed down nicely, i have thought of other ideas including a bigger steering wheel, but that would not work (it would be hitting my chest) and just lengthening the pit man arms (spindle arms, whatever there called), but then i will get an even wider turning radius (it already takes my whole drive way to make a u turn) and the steering will become even easier to turn, but it will make any input of mine become less of an impact, and make bumps affect it less, the only way i could think of to fix the problem's with option 3 is to make up some semi complicated way of attaching the tie rods to the steering shaft, but i don't know exactly what that is.
opinions?
other solutions?
 
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well i have thought of putting springs on the steering, but my main problem is that if the turn the wheel just a tiny bit the thing veers off to one side, you can see it a bit in the vid
 
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Extend the mounting arms of your spindles. Have you learned arc length vs angle of deflection in school? Prob not. The longer the arm, the further you will have to push it to achieve the same amount of turn. I don't know how well it will work, but it will make a difference.
 
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r97 said:
well i have thought of putting springs on the steering, but my main problem is that if the turn the wheel just a tiny bit the thing veers off to one side, you can see it a bit in the vid
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Bluethunder3320 said:
i think you need some sort of spring that pulls the wheels straight so you dont keep guessing
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i'm gonna guess you haven't read the above post?

redsox985 said:
Extend the mounting arms of your spindles. Have you learned arc length vs angle of deflection in school? Prob not. The longer the arm, the further you will have to push it to achieve the same amount of turn. I don't know how well it will work, but it will make a difference.
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no i haven't bean taught that in school(you are talking about the throw of the arm right vs its length right?), but i figured it out myself in something like 3rd grade, and i believe i mentioned that idea,
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just lengthening the pit man arms (spindle arms, whatever there called), but then i will get an even wider turning radius (it already takes my whole drive way to make a u turn) and the steering will become even easier to turn, but it will make any input of mine become less of an impact, and make bumps affect it less, the only way i could think of to fix the problem's with option 3 is to make up some semi complicated way of attaching the tie rods to the steering shaft, but i don't know exactly what that is.
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sry for not being quit clear but the problems with this option (option3) were that i would have a wider turning radius (my current turning radius is already pretty wide), and it would make my steering so that it would be easier to move, so it would require even less force to knock it to one side.

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I thought this might be a problem when making a reverse trike
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how is this a problem when making a reverse trike/how can it be fixed?
 
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