We all look forward to that three-day weekend where we have Monday off, we can relax, enjoy company next to a campfire and ride that go kart. The best part of the whole weekend is actually building something and then riding it. Typically a go kart is a pretty intense […]
The go kart looked great. The go kart engine ran great. The 7.5 horsepower engine seemed to just pour forth the power and the go kart had the appearance of being one awesome go kart. That was until the go kart was driven tended to understeer severely. In fact the […]
Worm gear drives seem to be the simple solution to the vertical engine problem: a simple driver attached to a worm gear box and a 90° orientation coming of the gearbox and all you have to do is hook up the output shaft to a go kart. The initial analysis […]
If you have studied the internet and the various options for making go carts they all vary between a five-point method or eight point method. In either case we’re going to try to summarize the methods into simple steps so that a go kart can be put together in a […]
That is a strange title “Going around corners with mechanisms.” What do I mean by that? Sometimes what occurs when developing a go kart the logistics of connecting pedals to throttle system becomes challenging. The challenge usually comes in that the pedal is on the opposite side of where the […]
Flames were shooting out of the carburetor. The engine was backfiring. The clutch had just broken. The engine appeared to be junk. After eight hours of working on this engine the go kart still was not running. Parts were breaking off the engine and it seemed as though much more […]
The white Ford van was packed full of family and stuff. The rear end of the van was so heavy with stuff that the front end appeared to be just holding its own. Up and down they went through the Kentucky landscape. The Blue Ridge Mountains were quite a site […]
The bright eyed blond haired 11-year-old boy wandered out into his grandfather’s shed. As he stumble over tools and lawnmowers along with all the other farm equipment, he struggled to find his grandfather pounding on something next to the vice in the corner. He asked his grandfather if he would […]
