My gocart build

[jeep2003]

It was a mess when i got it i redid all the floors with 1/8" steel and the body work all the way around. It sucks on gas though im looking for somthing smaller for the winter probrobly a wrangler.

[offroadwhatever8]

nah man! ya gottta keep it! j/k i dont blame you. I dunno how im gonna do it. I got a 88 k5 with a mild built 350 and gets 8-10 mpg average. How hard was it to do the floors? Im gonna ahve to do mine eventually...It is better than most ive seen but its still pretty bad.





sorry to hijack the thread but couldnt resist asking John

[jeep2003]

nice i had 35" tires on it for a while with stock hight suspention. The floors were not easy. The tailgate was actually totaly rusted shut. I had to get a new cross member that holds the tailgate from, jc whitney and i used 2 sheets of 3x5 steel for the back and made suports for it with bed frame angle iron. I just patched in the front sections wherever it was rusted. I welded it wherever i could and calked in some spots with seam sealer. Not an easy task. I actually did the bodywork twice because the first time i used alot of aluminum patches and rivets. Well aluminum and steel dont mix i know that now! So i used good thick steel and welded on the patches so it looks pretty good now but i think i did better bondo work the first time . Oh well. But other than the gas its a damn good truck super tough and reliable.

[Strigoi]

a guy on a camaro board i go on built this from scratch. it's street legal and is powered by a Yamaha R1 engine.



here's a vid of it running the 1/4.

http://s154.photobucket.com/albums/s...rslowrun13.flv

[jeep2003]

Sweet my brother wants to build somthing like that but with a honda engine like an ariel atom. Id rather have an old school formula vee or a lotus myself :)

[wolfgang123]

i want to see some video of that bad boy ( the gokart)

[fastestdirtbug]

huge question... how much did that go kart cost you to build i really wanna start on one this weekend. Thanks,
David

[jeep2003]

Im not sure exactly but definatly less than 100$ . From the junk yard i got all 4 shocks and i think i got the rear axle and wheels from there too. I bought the expanded metal for the floor that was 5$. That was the first time i ever bought new metal for anything :) But then ya gotta add the welding and cutting supplies. I got the dirtbike engine for free just had to get it back together and running. So really probrobly about 80$ total id say

[shoe]

The Yellow go kart is Just bad ,, love the pics too

[mnibike]

ya the best thing about that kart (yellow) it's street legal, how sweet would that be