Howdy there,
I have decided to make a topic where I can... post my current stages of the go kart project...
I will start off with... the main parts:
The Beginning
So like every other normal growing up child, we all have dreams, maybe it shall be to visit mars when we are older, or even worse - now. But I am different than the normal, I think reality, I know wether something will fail or not even before I even attempt something, as by looking at plans and such, you can determine the outcome.
This idea came along when I was watching a very popular show on TV called Monster garage, and well... I loved the idea. So I studied the project steeper and deeper, until I was certain this is what I wanted to do for the next three or four months. And there comes the gift floating from the sky, a brochure from a local supermarket - Woolworths.
That evening, I told my parents about my idea, and for the next week I kept an eye out at trolleys that had been dumped. My dad came home from work with a trolley, it was completely stuffed (The legs were kinda... bent), but it will do as all I needed was the main cage.
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The Project - Description
This year I will be talking an origional 2003 Faulkner Woolworths shopping trolley and customising it to a bad-ass Go-Kart, which I will attempt to race.
The kart will contain the following parts:
- Main Trolley
- Go-Kart Frame
- 5.5hp+ Horizontal-Shaft Engine
- Budget wheels at first, then upgrade to mud/dirt tyres and/or racing slick.
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The Project
So I have my trolley, and the first thing I needed to do is remove the legs off the trolley, as if the go-kart was to be the height it was, I would tip when going around a sharp corner, and that is NOT what I want.
After a while of grinding, hammering, burning fingers, cut hands, there is is - the main trolley cage, all set and ready to be mounted to a kart frame. But it isn't that easy, I still need to track one down.
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Here are the pictures that I have promised earlier:
Main stage of power-grinding the lage off the trolley cage:
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/714/img26149jk.jpg
Cleaning up the area underneath with a softer disc:
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/7817/img26160uj.jpg
The final stage of the shopping trolley, ready to be mounted to a go-kart frame:
Birds eye view:
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/860/img26931yg.jpg
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Its bum:
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/4665/img26952mv.jpg
Front:
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/3497/img26940sk.jpg
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Update #1: Have tracked down a go-kart frame, the auction ends in two days, $350.00... Lets hope I can get this... It is a 6.5hp engine, with hydraulic disk braking system on the back...
http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/2/20689202_full.jpg
More to come
Last edited by Mr Smith on Sun Apr 30, 2006 9:31 am; edited 1 time in total
I have decided to make a topic where I can... post my current stages of the go kart project...
I will start off with... the main parts:
The Beginning
So like every other normal growing up child, we all have dreams, maybe it shall be to visit mars when we are older, or even worse - now. But I am different than the normal, I think reality, I know wether something will fail or not even before I even attempt something, as by looking at plans and such, you can determine the outcome.
This idea came along when I was watching a very popular show on TV called Monster garage, and well... I loved the idea. So I studied the project steeper and deeper, until I was certain this is what I wanted to do for the next three or four months. And there comes the gift floating from the sky, a brochure from a local supermarket - Woolworths.
That evening, I told my parents about my idea, and for the next week I kept an eye out at trolleys that had been dumped. My dad came home from work with a trolley, it was completely stuffed (The legs were kinda... bent), but it will do as all I needed was the main cage.
----------------
The Project - Description
This year I will be talking an origional 2003 Faulkner Woolworths shopping trolley and customising it to a bad-ass Go-Kart, which I will attempt to race.
The kart will contain the following parts:
- Main Trolley
- Go-Kart Frame
- 5.5hp+ Horizontal-Shaft Engine
- Budget wheels at first, then upgrade to mud/dirt tyres and/or racing slick.
----------------
The Project
So I have my trolley, and the first thing I needed to do is remove the legs off the trolley, as if the go-kart was to be the height it was, I would tip when going around a sharp corner, and that is NOT what I want.
After a while of grinding, hammering, burning fingers, cut hands, there is is - the main trolley cage, all set and ready to be mounted to a kart frame. But it isn't that easy, I still need to track one down.
----------------
Here are the pictures that I have promised earlier:
Main stage of power-grinding the lage off the trolley cage:
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/714/img26149jk.jpg
Cleaning up the area underneath with a softer disc:
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/7817/img26160uj.jpg
The final stage of the shopping trolley, ready to be mounted to a go-kart frame:
Birds eye view:
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/860/img26931yg.jpg
-------
Its bum:
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/4665/img26952mv.jpg
Front:
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/3497/img26940sk.jpg
-------
Update #1: Have tracked down a go-kart frame, the auction ends in two days, $350.00... Lets hope I can get this... It is a 6.5hp engine, with hydraulic disk braking system on the back...
http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/2/20689202_full.jpg
More to come
Last edited by Mr Smith on Sun Apr 30, 2006 9:31 am; edited 1 time in total
And you can get a shoping cart anywhere. Just "accidently" steal one.