Souped up yard kart build

[Kartin’ kid]

After more time than I care to admit, more gasoline spilled than I care to admit, a blood blister and a recharged battery, she runs! And boy does she sound good doing it . Now, that might seem like a lot of hassle for what should be a simple installation but give me a break, this is my first time ever replacing and rejeting a carburetor so I figured it was best to take my time

 

[Kartin’ kid]

God we’re in the middle of a gas crisis and I’m hot rodding in engine and throwing fuel efficiency completely out of the window. Funny thing is, I still have the most fuel efficient vehicle with my family

 

[Denny]

Glad you got it going.

 

[Kartin’ kid]

I still need to tune it but it runs and that’s what’s most important

 

[Denny]

You got it handled!

 

[Functional Artist]

God we’re in the middle of a gas crisis

IMO
The USA has plenty of gas
...this "gas crisis" is self-inflicted

Does anyone remember $2.00 per gallon gas?
...it wasn't that long ago (only ~2 years actually)

Did we (the USA) suddenly "run out of gas"?

Um...NO NO WE DIDN'T
...so, it's "self inflicted"

Ex:
If someone can buy, let's say "corn", from 20 different farmers
...then, their all competing to "sell their corn"
...& giving "deals" just to "move" their product (& create sales)

But, if you can "only" get your "corn" from, let's say 2 farmers
...then, they can (& will) "command" a higher price for their product (simple economics)

 

[Kartin’ kid]

All very true. From what I see, it’s not that we’re out of gas, it’s just the prices. But hey, you don’t have to deal with it… At least in the world of go karts

 

[Denny]

Kevin deals with it more than you know! Gas prices affect him more than almost everyone except truck drivers! You see he owns his own towing and recovery business! So see it is something he has to worry about. I liked the Trump era gas prices of $1.01 a gallon my self. Too bad he is a jerk. He was a decent president. Don’t want to turn this political or it will get this deleted. It turns my guts to defend Kevin. Just kidding buddy, you know I like you! Kevin buys me soup, Lipton’s Xtra Noodle Chicken Flavored to be exact.

 

[Kartin’ kid]

Made a little extra money this week. Rear wheels are on their way!

 

[Denny]

Made a little extra money this week. Rear wheels are on their way!

Could you make me some too? I need new rear tires.

 

[Kartin’ kid]

Could you make me some too? I need new rear tires.

Don’t we all

 

[Kartin’ kid]

I somehow managed to remove a torque converter with just my bare hands and a socket wrench

 

[Denny]

That’s how they should come off the engine!

 

[Kartin’ kid]

Quick little update: rear wheels are coming in four days.
Mounted my torque converter backwards so it can clear my frame.

Unfortunately I have to cut out my engine plate and re-weld it all the way to the back of my frame. So sometime in the coming weeks I’m heading up to my uncles house who lives a couple hours away so I can learn how to weld. He’s crazy into fabrication and has an epic machine shop.
It also turns out that the bearing flanges on my kart are warped plus they’re a little rusty so I have to find where I can buy replacements

 

[Denny]

If they are the plate kind you can get them at Tractor Supply or Ace Hardware.

 

[Kartin’ kid]

Thanks! I’ll check it out

 

[Kartin’ kid]

Random question: is there anyway to make my predy 212 sound throatier? Whatever pipe redflash put on there makes it sound fantastic but I’m a sucker for big nasty sounding V8s and was wondering if there was anyway to capture a piece of that in my 212. I’d prefer not to do anything too complicated or expensive so if there’s any cheap/easy way to make it sound more aggressive and/or deeper that would be fantastic

 

[Kartin’ kid]

Wheels arrived yesterday! I got an email saying they would be delivered no later than 7 PM, the driver cut it close at 6:58 lol

 

[Kartin’ kid]

Wheels arrived yesterday! I got an email saying they would be delivered no later than 7 PM, the driver cut it close at 6:58 lol
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I’m working on getting the tires mounted. Can anyone recommend what psi I should have them inflated at? They are 12 x 9 unilli slicks on 6 x 10 rims

 

[Kartin’ kid]

Sorry for the lack of updates, I’ve been out camping with the fam for about the last week. I’m currently working on cutting out the old engine plate (which is a more laborious process than one might imagine) so I can weld the new one further back to help clear my reverse mounted tc