i was going to comment the same thing. use one that has lights in it and make them functional. also use the rear deck/fender section around the seat even with the bar.
Rotate the exhaust 90 degrees to the right and make clearance on the front frame hoop....only needs a bit. Also... you need a sway bar/anti-roll bar to control that roll. Without an anti-roll bar the outside, tires will dig in too much in turns and alter your camber too much. As it is your setup will stop you drifting in power on slides and doughnuts. I'm a design engineer in the motor industry. Loving the content 👍
Such a cool build. Love how compact you've made. It. Looks like you might need a sway bar, but then again the skateboard action turning is kind of cool at the same time if it's not uncontrollable. Keep up the great work!
Couple of things - Brilliant work. I love seeing what your beautiful mind comes up with. It looks bad ass. You could make an Aluminium grill with a few louvres on the front to give it some extra character / features. Order a welding table or get a sponsor, they are amazing and will make your life so much easier, next level stuff. Thank you for all that you share it is inspiration to so many including me.
Now this type o cart is something to be excited about. Light weight, small full travel suspension, manual. Itl be the ultimate drivers cart if the idea/build marriage is successful. 😊
Its starting to look like one of those little racing lawn mowers. I think you should you should keep going with that theme and add a big box shaped front cowl. It would hide the big expansion pipe too
I really think you should add a roughly 15inch support on each side going from the top bar that goes over the engine to the bar the seat is attached to. Basically extending the top bar that's at a 30% angle until it touches the seat bars. My reasoning is this. If you get down level with the back suspensions forward pivot point and look across to the same point on the other side. You will notice that the entire back part of this buggy is supported by four bars that are on the same plane. The two additional supports wouldn't be much work or add much weight. You may have to put a bend in them but again not that hard. I think this would make the overall frame much stronger. Love your videos. Hope this helps
From the side the frame has a sort of hour glass thing going on. Where the front and back are three dimensionally wide but the middle is super slim from the side view. If this machine was getting a roll cage this wouldn't be the case but it doesn't look like that type of go fast toy.
Looks like the front end could use a lawn mower hood and then make up some mower style rear fenders and boom now it looks like a sick full suspension offroad mower.
Get Fox air shocks from a snowmobile. The spring rates can be changed with air pressure and volume spacers and a lot of them come with a low speed compression adjusters. Find some used and send them back to fox for rebuilding and re-valving if needed.
Love this build. Try getting rid of top 90 on the front bars and go with a 30 or 45 maybe. You could angle it back to meet the top shock mount. Also make the vertical portion angle back a little. You will lose the expansion chamber if you ever roll it. It will be interesting to see how well a twisting chain from the jackshaft to the rear axel will work.
Make your own pipe w a bunch of pie cuts to make it so the expansion pipe curls down under the engine n comes out one or the other side down below , could also make the gas can conform around the back of your seat down low 🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️👌🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
I'd like to have a pipe that runs through the outside of the knee connecting the front and rear suspension mounting points. This would improve the strength of the chassis and bring out the edges of the boat, giving the overall style a different look.
I think the chain will pop up with that much twist. Maybe center the sprocket on the axle to reduce overall movement? Think rear of a sport ATV with a swingarm.
I agree sprockets should stay properly aligned at all times, ATV/quads don't use IRS(independent rear suspension) due to the chain it would twist that's why anything with IRS has a transfer case with drive axles. Best make that a swingarm like mentioned above, but at least your brakes aren't relying on the jackshaft chain like your some of your prior builds, best avoid the jank.
Honestly design has always been his weak spot. His fabrication skills are very good in all areas but the fact he designs as he goes often means his vehicles look a bit odd and quite often aren't really what he set out to build. I'd love to see him actually design a vehicle totally before starting the build so he's not constantly making compromises between looks and function and not quite getting everything out of the components he uses. I understand why he designs as he builds just think he would end up with something better both in terms of looks, function and it actually being the vehicle he wanted when he started.
You can get some older mountains bike downhill rear shocks for much more control, and the parts are cheap if you want to restore one shock or parts like springs. You can go as old as 2010 if you want cheap, quality performance. Getting the right spring is crucial, though, to start, not to overwork the shock.
I personally quite like the way the front looks. Maybe if you add the two rads to the front and angle them back a little, it might look all right? Either way, excited to see how this one looks like once it's done!
Ive been building something similar in my head for awhile. I think it should have a full perimeter on the second level of frame and a full roll cage. The extra weight wins with the saftey and shreda bility factor without nearly as much death factor. My plan is the smallest possible caged full suspension vehicle. Like a tiny front engine crosskart. Or like a caged quad basically. 750 nighthawk power.
Nice build so far, but looks more like a mini tractor then a kart. As an idea for mounting the radiators. Some of those karts have them next to the seat/near the side pods
you can cut and turn the sections of the expansion chamber to reroute it if you need to. as long as total length doesn't change too much it'll be mint!
I'd love to see you build a large RC car with the fiberglass bug body. It would aloow you to use all your skills without having to worry how a human would fit or how safe it is. Go nuts with a dirtbike engine or something.
If the shocks are about the same length, swap the front to the rear and vise versa. Maybe the yellow ones will give you the desired affect for the rear.
put the shocks under the motor then connect to rods like a traxxas revo r/c . going to need chain guides to keep chain on . mount radiator on front like a atv then waterless coolant to keep temps down .
FANS ...on each...We know you'll be idling and low speed driving most of the time. Aluminum channels to push the air to the outside is best.Keeping the heat off your legs.
Hack the flange off of that muffler and flip it 180 so the pipe faces down. As long as the volume inside hasn't changed and the distance from the jug hasn't either, it should be okay.
Mate awesome project. That rear independent suspension is going to challenge your chain However. Also there are some things you don't buy off Ebay,Amazon,Temu and that's shocks, but I think you have realized that. Enjoying your channel.
it looks like a fun build. I'm worried that you will be sucking a lot of exhaust fumes in it's current configuration. Keep the videos coming. I look forward to them every Sunday.
Put a lawnmower front end on it. It might make it look better up front. You might have to cut open the lawnmower hood for the exhaust but other than that it would be cool
Hello, i watch your videos for a long time now and really appreciate your work. The reason for me commenting is, because i have an idea i wanted to share. I find it very interesting to watch you create your own machines the way you think is best or cool. Over time you gathered lots of experience that allows you to construct almost anything. Maybe you could make a little side project, a little go kart like you startet with you know. And letting you viewers decide how it should be build. I would really love a project like that :) Thanks for your time and i hope you keep making cool stuff man
Does anyone else get the music from this show stuck in your head? I'll be out in the garage welding something, and I'll have this music playing in my head. Good show, man! Love the project! (Maybe call it the Warthog?)
I use the same sort of sawhorses, the metal bits are good, though I have to replace the timber every now and then due to the clamps crushing them. I found the best way to make them last longer was to use ply on each end to keep them spread, then triangular braces, it stops them moving like yours do and is much better, though, in retrosp[ect, I would have been better off building my own from scratch.
To make the front look less guffy is by having the radiators in front of the shock slightly angled back It would.... 1. Keep the radiators away from rocks 2. Fill up the front making it look more normal 3. Un-disturb air flow until u hit a tree 😊... Just kidding 😂 Then u can have the gas tank placed behind the driver i.e behind the seat [more like a cylinder style tank My thoughts though ❤
Dude it looks cool and you are the creator look at early auto designs and find something like a drop fuel tank from a plane, cut it up to make the skin for the nose cone
Need to ADD 2 more shocks in the rear for better stability, it rocks too much with just 2 or buy better ones all together, also weld a steel skid plate on the bottom for strength and safety protection.
When I look at the kart from the side I can totally imagine it as a truck. I used to have a mini monster truck kart and I’m thinking one of those bodies would fit your frame perfectly. Just a thought
I’ve been watching your channel for a while Chris and I’ve got to say you need to relax on the “maximum suspension travel” and start to figure out how to tune suspension. Almost all your rigs have so much travel and it’s so soft that the rigs almost roll on flat ground. Just trying to say that you can get so much more out of a properly tuned suspension even if it’s only got half the travel
You should do plates in the back with maybe 5 holes so you can adjust the ride height and travel. Do like a spread M pattern. Modify the expansion chamber. It really does not make a huge difference. You would likely not be able to tell the difference. If you were seriously racing it them yes it would make a difference. That pipe though is killing you visibility. You need to put it out to one side. I would also tie the hoop in the front and the hoop in the back together.
spin exhaust on its side widen frame so your feet and legs are inside shocks will be more up and down rather than sloping to center will give more square look and protect you legs inside the cage if hitting anything will be a wee rocket with that engine
Kinda what I was thinking,would not want that expansion pipe barking in my face. Lay it on its side and pipe it behind cockpit.otherwise looks like a blast.
side profile is giving me sick racing lawnmower vibes...itd be awesome to see a lawnmower hood on this thing!
He could totally wrap that front end with mower/tractor body. Make it happen Chris!
please do it! use an old cub cadet hood
i was going to comment the same thing. use one that has lights in it and make them functional. also use the rear deck/fender section around the seat even with the bar.
Totally agree
It reminds me of Mr.Krabs daughter Pearl the whale
Looks fine to me, but hey, its your project! :). The chain staying on the back axle will be a challenge, for sure.
Foi o que eu pensei, provavelmente ele vai colocar alguns guias para manter a corrente no lugar.
I had the same thought
The algorithm of this channel blows Orange County Choppers out of the water 💯!
This dude should have his own TV Show
What does that mean in English?
well thats kind of exakly what he has...
One of the few channels that doesn't get old . Looking good , coming together .
ALWAYS ride or drive w/elbows out! That’s the perfect “off-road” riding posture! I think ur good on rear shock mounts
Rotate the exhaust 90 degrees to the right and make clearance on the front frame hoop....only needs a bit.
Also... you need a sway bar/anti-roll bar to control that roll.
Without an anti-roll bar the outside, tires will dig in too much in turns and alter your camber too much.
As it is your setup will stop you drifting in power on slides and doughnuts.
I'm a design engineer in the motor industry.
Loving the content 👍
I kinda like the front end in how it looks, great work as always
Such a cool build. Love how compact you've made. It. Looks like you might need a sway bar, but then again the skateboard action turning is kind of cool at the same time if it's not uncontrollable. Keep up the great work!
*LAWNMOWER BODY ALL DAY. It will fit the build all day*
Couple of things - Brilliant work. I love seeing what your beautiful mind comes up with. It looks bad ass. You could make an Aluminium grill with a few louvres on the front to give it some extra character / features. Order a welding table or get a sponsor, they are amazing and will make your life so much easier, next level stuff. Thank you for all that you share it is inspiration to so many including me.
Now this type o cart is something to be excited about. Light weight, small full travel suspension, manual. Itl be the ultimate drivers cart if the idea/build marriage is successful. 😊
Dude you are killing it!!! This thing is going to be a blast to ride! Keep up the good work! Don’t lose focus, it going to be epic!
It's like a land shark. That's what side profile looks like to me. I like it.
Its starting to look like one of those little racing lawn mowers. I think you should you should keep going with that theme and add a big box shaped front cowl. It would hide the big expansion pipe too
I really think you should add a roughly 15inch support on each side going from the top bar that goes over the engine to the bar the seat is attached to. Basically extending the top bar that's at a 30% angle until it touches the seat bars. My reasoning is this. If you get down level with the back suspensions forward pivot point and look across to the same point on the other side. You will notice that the entire back part of this buggy is supported by four bars that are on the same plane. The two additional supports wouldn't be much work or add much weight. You may have to put a bend in them but again not that hard. I think this would make the overall frame much stronger. Love your videos. Hope this helps
From the side the frame has a sort of hour glass thing going on. Where the front and back are three dimensionally wide but the middle is super slim from the side view. If this machine was getting a roll cage this wouldn't be the case but it doesn't look like that type of go fast toy.
Now get an antique lawn mower hood and put that bad boy on!! You're a full suspension shifter racing mower!! Lol. I love it!
Looks like the front end could use a lawn mower hood and then make up some mower style rear fenders and boom now it looks like a sick full suspension offroad mower.
Definitely needs a vintage mower hood. Forget offroad shifter cart. Make it a offroad racing mower.
Get Fox air shocks from a snowmobile. The spring rates can be changed with air pressure and volume spacers and a lot of them come with a low speed compression adjusters. Find some used and send them back to fox for rebuilding and re-valving if needed.
Love this build. Try getting rid of top 90 on the front bars and go with a 30 or 45 maybe. You could angle it back to meet the top shock mount. Also make the vertical portion angle back a little. You will lose the expansion chamber if you ever roll it. It will be interesting to see how well a twisting chain from the jackshaft to the rear axel will work.
Make your own pipe w a bunch of pie cuts to make it so the expansion pipe curls down under the engine n comes out one or the other side down below , could also make the gas can conform around the back of your seat down low 🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️👌🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
I'd like to have a pipe that runs through the outside of the knee connecting the front and rear suspension mounting points.
This would improve the strength of the chassis and bring out the edges of the boat, giving the overall style a different look.
I think the chain will pop up with that much twist. Maybe center the sprocket on the axle to reduce overall movement? Think rear of a sport ATV with a swingarm.
I agree sprockets should stay properly aligned at all times, ATV/quads don't use IRS(independent rear suspension) due to the chain it would twist that's why anything with IRS has a transfer case with drive axles.
Best make that a swingarm like mentioned above, but at least your brakes aren't relying on the jackshaft chain like your some of your prior builds, best avoid the jank.
Things got a face only a mother could love, but it's sure gonna be fast 🚀
Honestly design has always been his weak spot. His fabrication skills are very good in all areas but the fact he designs as he goes often means his vehicles look a bit odd and quite often aren't really what he set out to build.
I'd love to see him actually design a vehicle totally before starting the build so he's not constantly making compromises between looks and function and not quite getting everything out of the components he uses.
I understand why he designs as he builds just think he would end up with something better both in terms of looks, function and it actually being the vehicle he wanted when he started.
Put a tractor hood and fenders on it and wire wheel that pipe. That would be SICK
You can get some older mountains bike downhill rear shocks for much more control, and the parts are cheap if you want to restore one shock or parts like springs. You can go as old as 2010 if you want cheap, quality performance. Getting the right spring is crucial, though, to start, not to overwork the shock.
From the side. It almost looks like a off road tractor!
Once you put in the radiators I'll change the look and the headlights too.Put the gas tank behind the seat
Damn man you actually have this down to a science
Such a simple build but it's coming out really well, this things awesome.
I personally quite like the way the front looks. Maybe if you add the two rads to the front and angle them back a little, it might look all right? Either way, excited to see how this one looks like once it's done!
Ive been building something similar in my head for awhile. I think it should have a full perimeter on the second level of frame and a full roll cage. The extra weight wins with the saftey and shreda bility factor without nearly as much death factor. My plan is the smallest possible caged full suspension vehicle. Like a tiny front engine crosskart. Or like a caged quad basically. 750 nighthawk power.
Nice build so far, but looks more like a mini tractor then a kart. As an idea for mounting the radiators. Some of those karts have them next to the seat/near the side pods
Can't wait for the mini jet boat
You should put the hood and fenders of a riding lawnmower on that beast
Link the front and rear top hoops together so it does not just hinge in the middle. A structural skid plate will help a little too.
Lawnmower hood for the win ...
you can cut and turn the sections of the expansion chamber to reroute it if you need to. as long as total length doesn't change too much it'll be mint!
Mount the radiators on either side of the shocks and throw a mower hood on it.
It kinda looks like something from star wars lol😂😂😂😂 definitely different from all those other go-carts, I like it a lot!
Keep it up. I’m not a bot. FYI. Love the show and builds. 😅
Looks sick could almost fab up a tractor hood to go over the engine compartment
I love the frame/cage so far! A few more bars, and you can put a roll cage on top. Lookin cool! Make sure to point your exhaust away from you.
Make the front end look like a P-51 or a WWII fighter plane. Nice work.
Like many are saying, making that a tractor would make it look MUCH better in my opinion.
I'd love to see you build a large RC car with the fiberglass bug body. It would aloow you to use all your skills without having to worry how a human would fit or how safe it is. Go nuts with a dirtbike engine or something.
If the shocks are about the same length, swap the front to the rear and vise versa. Maybe the yellow ones will give you the desired affect for the rear.
put the shocks under the motor then connect to rods like a traxxas revo r/c . going to need chain guides to keep chain on . mount radiator on front like a atv then waterless coolant to keep temps down .
Hopefully the radiator will be right out the front this time, finally some good cooling!
FANS ...on each...We know you'll be idling and low speed driving most of the time. Aluminum channels to push the air to the outside is best.Keeping the heat off your legs.
Looks cool already
Hack the flange off of that muffler and flip it 180 so the pipe faces down. As long as the volume inside hasn't changed and the distance from the jug hasn't either, it should be okay.
This is a good idea. Alternatively, could it go out the side?
Mate awesome project. That rear independent suspension is going to challenge your chain However. Also there are some things you don't buy off Ebay,Amazon,Temu and that's shocks, but I think you have realized that. Enjoying your channel.
Big trust in those wooden A frames 😮
It's looking like a lowered version of a lawnmower I used in the 70's.
Also the kart frame forms a valley sort of design between the seat and engine mounts. Hope that it does not become a weak point in the frame.
Challenge your fab skills and build a tracked vehicle, kind of like the ripsaw. That would be a fun build!
it looks like a fun build. I'm worried that you will be sucking a lot of exhaust fumes in it's current configuration.
Keep the videos coming. I look forward to them every Sunday.
Put a lawnmower front end on it. It might make it look better up front. You might have to cut open the lawnmower hood for the exhaust but other than that it would be cool
SHE'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE CLIPPER! 👍
Finished work, made some food and see that you've uploaded a video, perfect.
Always enjoy your builds, keep up the good work!!
I bet just adding some lights on the side of those bars that go up on the front could help it look a lot better
Hello, i watch your videos for a long time now and really appreciate your work. The reason for me commenting is, because i have an idea i wanted to share. I find it very interesting to watch you create your own machines the way you think is best or cool. Over time you gathered lots of experience that allows you to construct almost anything. Maybe you could make a little side project, a little go kart like you startet with you know. And letting you viewers decide how it should be build. I would really love a project like that :)
Thanks for your time and i hope you keep making cool stuff man
transverse mount the shocks. That may solve many of your problems with regard on where to put them.
Really needs fox floats on all four corners. Lots of used snowmobile ones around on eBay.
A nice grill at the front with some cool LED lights would completely transform the front.
Does anyone else get the music from this show stuck in your head? I'll be out in the garage welding something, and I'll have this music playing in my head. Good show, man! Love the project! (Maybe call it the Warthog?)
Looks so well made. Killer work.
should have used a powerwheels body on it to help with the look or lawnmower
I use the same sort of sawhorses, the metal bits are good, though I have to replace the timber every now and then due to the clamps crushing them.
I found the best way to make them last longer was to use ply on each end to keep them spread, then triangular braces, it stops them moving like yours do and is much better, though, in retrosp[ect, I would have been better off building my own from scratch.
To make the front look less guffy is by having the radiators in front of the shock slightly angled back
It would....
1. Keep the radiators away from rocks
2. Fill up the front making it look more normal
3. Un-disturb air flow until u hit a tree 😊... Just kidding 😂
Then u can have the gas tank placed behind the driver i.e behind the seat [more like a cylinder style tank
My thoughts though ❤
You need an actual steel table on casters bro !! When you climbed In to test the suspension I thought those saw horses were breaking lol
Get a fireball (or cheap equivalent) welding table. Strong and will help you with making welding jigs... Keep up the good work!
I wish he had clocked the expansion chamber. But this thing is cool.
Dude it looks cool and you are the creator look at early auto designs and find something like a drop fuel tank from a plane, cut it up to make the skin for the nose cone
Weld two discs on the rear sprocket for a chain guide.
Or maybe use a belt instead of a chain
Need to ADD 2 more shocks in the rear for better stability, it rocks too much with just 2 or buy better ones all together, also weld a steel skid plate on the bottom for strength and safety protection.
When I look at the kart from the side I can totally imagine it as a truck. I used to have a mini monster truck kart and I’m thinking one of those bodies would fit your frame perfectly. Just a thought
I’ve been watching your channel for a while Chris and I’ve got to say you need to relax on the “maximum suspension travel” and start to figure out how to tune suspension. Almost all your rigs have so much travel and it’s so soft that the rigs almost roll on flat ground.
Just trying to say that you can get so much more out of a properly tuned suspension even if it’s only got half the travel
I would love to see your take on a VF-1 CrossKart.
I think the expansion chamber would look good tipped to one side or the other through the frame where that you made on the front end.
I think the front end would look better with some lights, and maybe a small bull bar bumper
Agree, rear sprocket angle changes will throw it off pretty quickly
Very nice work as always Chris but in my opinion you MUST RELOCATE the exhaust
You could do the gas tank under the front of your seat… may be a little sketchy but it’d be convenient as far as space is concerned
looks like a lawnmower go kart
Ça fait pas terrible l’échappement comme ça🫣🫣🫣, en le faisant passer par en dessous et un silencieux au centre derrière le siège serait plus cool👍👍👍👍
Love this! But I really think you need an axel to the rear end, I think the chain popping off may be a huge pain.
Nice Lawn Mower
The front end looks like Pearl from Spongebob lol
Thank you!!! I was racking my brain on where I have seen that shape! You’re exactly right!
Exactly the same as what I was thinking
hhahahahahahahaha
lol
Whale whale whale...I agree 😅😂
Pushrod suspension would have been insane for the rear, just to get the shocks out of the way if mounted parallel to the seat in a horizontal way 🥲
I’m jelly bro. This looks like too much fun
You should do plates in the back with maybe 5 holes so you can adjust the ride height and travel. Do like a spread M pattern. Modify the expansion chamber. It really does not make a huge difference. You would likely not be able to tell the difference. If you were seriously racing it them yes it would make a difference. That pipe though is killing you visibility. You need to put it out to one side. I would also tie the hoop in the front and the hoop in the back together.
Hi, Chris I would build a roll cage on this it would look a lot better. it also would help tie in the chassis.
spin exhaust on its side widen frame so your feet and legs are inside shocks will be more up and down rather than sloping to center will give more square look and protect you legs inside the cage if hitting anything will be a wee rocket with that engine
Kinda what I was thinking,would not want that expansion pipe barking in my face. Lay it on its side and pipe it behind cockpit.otherwise looks like a blast.
I think you should make a large scale RC vehicle next. 1/3 scale
15:29 The pixar desk lamp puncturing the ball
This should be fun! Keep up the geed work🎉
Good* didn't want to edit my post and loose my heart! 🤣
I like the progress. It looks very strange, but that won't matter IF it's fast enough.
Now I want to make one
The bottom adjuster on the front shocks should work
soo much skill