Topic: Shopping Cart Into Go-kart (Read 118 times)

Joshis1 · « **on:** August 15, 2004, 09:51:00 AM »

have fun

thefilepirater · « **Reply #1 on:** August 15, 2004, 09:54:00 AM »

i know how to weld, but i dont plan on doing alot, just dropping the frame and mounting the engine, its steering thats a problem

Joshis1 · « **Reply #2 on:** August 15, 2004, 10:05:00 AM »

well for steering you'd have to create something on your own cause you know how those shopping car wheels turn... this is a basic idea

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thefilepirater · « **Reply #3 on:** August 15, 2004, 10:07:00 AM »

im just lazy and dont wanna do a whole lot

Joshis1 · « **Reply #4 on:** August 15, 2004, 10:12:00 AM »

well if you want it to steer than youd have to do a lot lol... unless you want to like take forks, wheel, and handle bars off of a bike and like hide it in the middle of the shoping cart and make it so the real shopping cart wheels are like a 1/2 in off the ground... then it would steer like a bike lol

thefilepirater · « **Reply #5 on:** August 15, 2004, 10:23:00 AM »

ok, ive worked that one out on paper, just were to get the cart....

Joshis1 · « **Reply #6 on:** August 15, 2004, 10:26:00 AM »

just take one from a local gorecy store maybe at night or something and you can always buy some go kart plans like this http://easykarts.com...d/?hop=rallyrac and then use it to make the front steering for the shopping cart and you can search google for "go kart plans" and get the cheapest or whatever ones easier

ktm300 · « **Reply #7 on:** August 17, 2004, 02:35:00 AM »

Finding a shopping cart will be the easyest part. Show me your frame plans and I will add steering to them. I dont recommend using scooter brakes on a Kart, they will heat up and be destroyed after their first use. Use hydraulic disk brakes off a motorcycle, the motor needs to be mounted on a flat piece of steel or somthing stable. You sound like you just want to hack up a scooter and glue it to a shopping cart, cheap......yes, relieable? probably not. I have made a few go carts so I have a good idea what needs to go where. Show me pics of what you plan on using and I will do my best to make it work for you. Are you in CA?

jesterrace777 · « **Reply #8 on:** August 17, 2004, 02:46:00 AM »

Actually, you will have to take pics of that when you finish, it sounds like a fun project.

green_beetle · « **Reply #9 on:** August 17, 2004, 03:54:00 AM »

Its illegal to steal shopping carts, but none the less go for it!

jesterrace777 · « **Reply #10 on:** August 17, 2004, 06:00:00 PM »

ktm300 · « **Reply #11 on:** August 18, 2004, 02:48:00 AM »

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