Sweet, thanks guys! Now I just gotta get my dad to take me to Harbor Freight. Also assuming I can't steal any from school
, where would one go about finding sheet metal and 1"X1" 1"X2" or 2"X2" steel or aluminum tubing?
great tube source: (www-dot)aircraftspruce-dot-com
4130 steel, round only (please..) 1" .083, or 1.25" .065 or .083
Look at the old GCKA rules and see what was legal for rear end sprint karts.
I'd also look oneBay for any parts you can find that will fit your design.
Personally, I always wait until a completely bare used frame shows up cheap on eBay. I've never paid more than $65 for a frame, and you'll see what a TREMENDOUS BARGAIN that is, the first time you try to fabricate your own working front axle that will steer.
Also a bender (see bender thread) that will make a safe bend, costs over $1000.
If you make a proper go kart (ie racing type, copy an old brand EXACTLY, or better, buy a used frame) the first time out, you'll have something you can take to vintage events and have lots of fun, on what they were invented to do - go fast on pool-table smooth ASPHALT. To me a kart isn't a kart unless it has less than 1 3/4" ground clearance, preferably much less. A kart must NOT be able to roll, under any circumstances.
JMO as an old karter from the dawn of the sport (1958)
Got a welder? HF's small 220v TIG doesn't look bad for (usually) $200.
