alex wrote:Iggy wrote: kinda like a fancy grasspass.org for you west coast bourgeoisiesI'd be hard pressed to call anything that employs a plywood monocoque chassis 'fancy' or 'bourgeois.'
hehehe.. u said coque.
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April 16, 2009 2:39 p.m. ignorant SuperDork
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April 16, 2009 5:27 p.m. ckosacranoid HalfDork
it really does sund cool though. and looks like lots of fun....
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April 17, 2009 12:09 a.m. neon4891 SuperDork
I REALLY need to build one, i have a few mower engines sitting around
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April 17, 2009 4:45 a.m. foxtrapper SuperDork
Ya know, if I equipped it with the ability to hold a mower deck I could have a heck of a good time out on the lawn, and perhaps save money over the price of a new riding mower!
But honey, I'm SAVING money this time!
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April 17, 2009 8:48 a.m. walterj Dork
MTN bike disc brakes would be very easy to fab in, are not too expensive and should be able to handle the load
Why do that when axles and brakes for a racing kart are already abundant and cheap? Infact, hacking up a real kart to elongate the wheelbase and fabbing up a body and wheel hubs seems like a no-brainer... you get a bounty of gearing options, and all the pillowblocks to mount the axles... you can stay under the 2001 budget too... a wrecked cart is junk you can get for almost free. It doesn't seem to brake any of the rules except the brakes are hydraulic.
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March 25, 2011 1:31 p.m. kreb Dork
The coolest cyclecart that I can remember:
http://www.gittrevillegp.com/www.gittrevillegp.com/The_Cars/Pages/GN_200_Mile_Race...
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March 25, 2011 1:51 p.m. Capt Slow Dork
ignorant wrote:
kinda like a fancy grasspass.org for you west coast bourgeoisies
and I would have a hard time calling CT west coast... of the tracks in their directory the one closest to the west cost is Michigan...
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March 25, 2011 1:55 p.m. oldtin Dork
I've got a spare nnja 250 engine. But thinking more like a shelsley walsh type cycle car or amilcar kinda contraption.
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March 25, 2011 2:02 p.m. huge-O-chavez SuperDork
Capt Slow wrote:
ignorant wrote:
kinda like a fancy grasspass.org for you west coast bourgeoisies
and I would have a hard time calling CT west coast... of the tracks in their directory the one closest to the west cost is Michigan...
no no.. Cyclekarts are west coast.... It was a joke I made a year ago.
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March 25, 2011 2:16 p.m. Teh E36 M3 HalfDork
From the dead! My sons (
) is about 1/2 done. Moving etc has taken its toll, but we now have a garage and I'm trying to get it done before his 8th B-day. Was supposed to be his 7th!
Took a little different tack- you couldn't get the torque converters, so I bought a chinese gy6 knock-off for $250 and am gearing it down. I just found last night that they have 9.5 hp!! Also found last night that Northern Tools now sells the torque converters again. Crap.
Regardless, it is going to be pretty cool. We're going for a Bugatti type 37 replica, but its going to be whatever the hell works.
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March 25, 2011 2:44 p.m. Capt Slow Dork
damm zombie thread snuck by me this time...
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Dec. 6, 2011 12:23 p.m. fastEddie SuperDork
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Dec. 6, 2011 12:31 p.m. Woody SuperDork
Lots of win in that photo.
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Dec. 6, 2011 12:35 p.m. 4cylndrfury SuperDork
hot damn that looks fun!
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Dec. 6, 2011 1:02 p.m. imirk Reader
has anyone done an auto union silver arrow?
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Dec. 6, 2011 5:49 p.m. oldeskewltoy HalfDork
not quite a cycle cart... pre-dates the idea by a few decades.... but cycle and cart do fit this
