Denny
Canned Monster
Neck brace or Hans is even better!
Question #1. Just extend the length of your strings forward. That simple.Couple questions:
1. Plans call for the spindle arms (where tie rod ends bolt to) are setup to be out front, rather than rear ward like they would normally be. Is there a way to setup proper Ackerman angle with that?
2. Depending on how stiff the manual steering is, I may look into doing Prius electric power steering. $200 or so from ebay and other places. Problem is, not sure on how much power it draws. I've read 60 amps, but I've not seen any documentation to confirm or dispute this. Anyone happen to know?
Does it have one of those lanyard kill switches? If it does you will have to bypass it. They don’t look like a normal switch. If I had a picture of the dash I could tell you.Was a bit warmer today so I worked on the sled a bit. Had to pick up a 13/16" spark plug socket. Poured some 50:1 mixed gas into the cylinders. Found plugs are not getting spark. So narrows it down to a couple items, Bad CDI, kill switch, bad ignition switch, or bad stator. I have a kill switch, but it's a huge PITA to install it. It'll probably be very difficult to find the proper CDI box. Hopefully I can get it to run, but I have put out some feelers to another sled or a motorcycle.
That's just leading arm spindles as opposed to trailing arm spindles, Ackermann setup is identical. Only 3 points matter..............1: Dead center of rear axle, 2: Spindle's kingpin bolt, 3: Spindle arm's tierod connection bolt...............A string stretched tightly in a straight line across those 3 points (from axle center to across the kingpin and across the tierod bolt) aligns your Ackermann whether leading or trailing.spindle arms (where tie rod ends bolt to) are setup to be out front, rather than rear ward
That's a real man's gokart, dang! Mine's accidentally way oversized and the wheelbase is still only 96" (8') and 9' overall. It has leading arm spindles also, but they're so heavily modified and reshaped and reinforced to clear the tires and meet the angle of the long travel A-arms and such and achieve zero offset Ackermann angle that there's no comparing their application to the real spindles they started out as anymore.the wheel base is over 100"
You can cheat the arms by curving them.
That's a real man's gokart, dang! Mine's accidentally way oversized and the wheelbase is still only 96" (8') and 9' overall. It has leading arm spindles also, but they're so heavily modified and reshaped and reinforced to clear the tires and meet the angle of the long travel A-arms and such and achieve zero offset Ackermann angle that there's no comparing their application to the real spindles they started out as anymore.
Hopefully your very long wheelbase will indeed make clearing the tires from hitting the spindle arms a fairly automatic and straightforward setup.
In my career field it was usually Florida squirrels in hidden spaces, but often it was mice or more likely river rats, that were the source of horrible electrical problems. The squirrels chew stuff up for nesting materials, including the insulation on wiring. A rat has a bottom tooth that will grow right up through its skull if the tooth isn't constantly worn down by chewing on stuff, wiring included.Apparently mice have turned the air box into a home,