Wednesday, October 23, 2013

So I'm not sure anyone is reading this but whatever.  Over the weekend I finally got to dig in to the kart and take it all back apart again.  The first day I focused on getting all the wiring off the engine and getting it ready to pull the next day.  It was a pretty depressing process taking everything that I had worked so hard on apart but it'll be worth it.

We mostly just had to get it out of the way so we could build a structure on top of one of our cars so that I could store both two of my motorcycles in the garage along with the car.  I think this project's funding may be getting delayed a tiny bit as I'm also planning on putting an ls1 in my Miata in about two years and I may have the chance to get one that needs rebuilding for pretty cheap.  I'll see how that goes and spend accordingly, thankfully there's not a ton to buy since I already have all the stuff needed for a rear suspension and most the stuff for front brakes.  I'd like to get started on the suspension in the next couple weeks since re-aligning the rear end is gonna be the hardest part but here's what I'm left with right now.




Sunday, October 6, 2013







So this is what I'm working with.  I built it for my senior project and since I was running very low on time many things were thrown together faster than I would have liked.  The biggest thing is the solid swing-arm.  It was originally supposed to have a rear suspension but I ran out of time and had to weld it to the rear of the go kart.  Obviously this is neither safe or practical.  It extends the go kart about another foot and does nothing other than scare me because I'm afraid it's going to snap.  So after I got everything working right I decided to rebuild the rear end and tidy up all of the kart. 


The big things on the list are:
-Suspension (cut off solid swing-arm, make it a real swing arm)
-Front brakes
-Convert t595 rotors to four bolt so I can use them on the axle
-Longer axle (5 and 5/8")
-Wider hubs (3 and 1/2")
-Push-pull cable shifter
-Clutch behind steering wheel
-Hopefully a rollcage
-Re-weld some things
-Grind all weld
-Paint!

I want to get it out and running next year by riding season to give some time for trouble shooting the little gremlins that are sure to appear after the rebuild and then get it out to the track and hopefully the drag strip to see how she handles the 1/8th and possibly the 1/4 if I can get them to let me run it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsco2LHTAL4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_U6VK7_JDE