how to build a go kart

how can i build a go kart from a lawn mower?

How to build a homemade go kart?

I want to build a cheap home made go kart and i need to know how to build a cheap frame for a off road go kart

the best motor wld be a world formula racing motor by briggs and stratton. i wldnt build a frame unless ur a good welder…. id use firestone go kart tires… or vega racing tires. firesotne lasts alot longer but vegas are wayyyy faster….

How much do you think it would cost to build your own go kart?

My friend wants to build a go kart and I was just researching, and me being me I had the price in mind, what do you think the cost of building your own go kart would be? nothing fancy just like one of the ones on this page: http://www.buildyourowngokart.com/index.php

More than you can buy one.

Does anyone know how to built a go kart from starch with plans?

I want to built a go kart for my son who is 11 years old and i want it to go at least 50-65 mph. Has anyone ever built a go kart from strach with plans. Thank You

wow 50-60 mph good luck …. a 5hp briggs & straton engine will only get you to 30mph unless you want to take 6 miles getting to that speed …. meaning if you want speed and quick gearing is important ….as far as plans i dont know of any but im sure there out there

Cost to build PRIVATE go-kart track??

I was wondering how much it would cost to build a 1/2 mile
go-kart track behind my house using concrete.
I wouldnt need any facilities since its private.
Just a track and maybe some old tires on the side for safety.

Who would i need to contact to build it?

Probably at least $50,000 for concrete and $30,000 for asphalt. This will be much higher if the land needs dirt work or you live in colder climates as the pavement needs to be thicker.

Check with local paving contractors.

how to build a Go-Kart?

i have questions and suggesstions well first why do the front wheels in a go kart have to be smaller than the back wheel?
secondly which is better to have electric go kart or gas motor gokart?
thirdly i want to biuld a simple go kart that can carry 2people and a 3 year old so i need how to design the frame with suspention since thats the hard part andy help would be really appreciate it thanks

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Help building go kart?

I am planning on building a go kart as a summer project and i was wondering if anybody had some pointers as to the motors that i should be looking into and how much the whole kart will cost me?

You could a few years ago buy a very well equipped Go Cart from Wall Mart for about $800, but they aren’t advertising this now.

The Razor Ground Force Electric Go-Kart can be had for a tad over $207.

A gas motor from a weed whacker costs about $100 (less than 1 hp). A gas motor from a "speed shop" or auto parts store can be had retail for $250 (10hp). A gas motor can be scratch built for Practically NOTHING, if you recycle steel and glass products and purpose build a solar forge.

A transmission is a great idea to have. A used snowmobile transmission can be had with a used engine for less than $100. (HP over 25) !

A TRANSMISSION CAN ALSO BE SCRATCH BUILT.

A steam engine can consist of nothing more than at least 5 layers of very large nestling tin cans soldered together with a hole in it and a pipe placed through this, securely fashioned out of the best steel to pivot on a steel bar of BEST QUALITY running on poured bearings inside steel cups from a couple of Wright Brothers formula steel cranked bike. The idea is to have these pipes act as a jet for a HERO ENGINE. This is the oldest form of engine known to man and they were built as far back as the Pharaohs’ times in Egypt. Shielding ones self from the steam is the very best of ideas if this type of rig is contemplated. These machines will run at over 30,000 RPM and at over 1 hp. Allot of water is needed or a recycling system is needed. Either way, protection from the steam (and hot water) is vital.

From 30,000 RPM to get 20mph you need about a reduction of 720 to 1 to spin a 27 or 26" inch tire if my math was ever correct and I recall having done it correctly.

But 1hp will push a bike at 20 on a level surface.

Thus for a truly unique go kart, I suggest a "Pharaoh’s Conveyance".

Make this from wood, not steel, in the chassis so-as to be in keeping with the concept of what a Pharaoh might have equipped his army with AT WILL. The Cans might not have been readily available AS SUCH, but the Pharaoh would have had other ways of making a HERO ENGINE than "purely recycling". I’d go with a "three wheeler chariot" with, instead of horses a third wheel mounted up front somewhat like might an Egyptian Chopper might have looked, had Pharaoh got jiggy with it… Definitely do center hub steering off this wheel and use differential steam "let off" via a simple valve on two engines for the rear drive so that these wheels will turn at the proper speed in turns. Use a Stanley type boiler; this is a can wrapped in copper wire soldered on with a large and very heavy copper soldering iron (you’ll have to make this ~ I suggest allot of water pipe ~ a 9 pounds or so might do it ~ foundered and forged into a "big clothes iron" shape with a map gas / oxygen torch to heat it through a hole in it’s center). Use lead. But have the proper gear built to deal with the hazard. You can likely improvise this with a large wet vac. The heart of the Stanley system of making a boiler is that the design had automatically leaky vertical tubes when the rig got hot it leaked steam, and it was designed to do so at about 100lbs per square inch. Pharaoh would have loved it, so mechanically elegant.

And of course, you have simply got to use "nerf" spear tips revolving with the axles, even if you have to fill them with pressurized water to get them stiff enough !