[Kartbuilding] Materials and Measurements

[Stephen Burke]

Hi Kev,

The measurement system used for the chassis and the whole kart is 
"millimeters". There are 1000 millimeters (mm) in 1 meter.
I done up a very quick grocery list to get the kart to the rolling chassis 
stage. Basically I just went down through the plans on 
http://www.kartbuilding.net/racingkart/index.html and just wrote down the 
bits needed. They are all below.

Bill of Materials for Racing Kart to get it to the "Rolling Chassis" 
stage:

1. Lengths of Metal Tubing. Outside Diameter of 25mm (or 1 inch). You'll 
probably need around 10 meters.
2. 1 meter of 20mm (3/4 inch) solid round steel bar (for front axles)
3. 2 meters of Flat Steel bar. 25mm wide by 5mm thick (for king pins and 
steering drop arm).
3.1 1 meter of Flat Steel bar. 50mm wide by 5mm thick (for king pins).
4. 2 x Diameter 13mm Bolts x 75mm long. (For the King Pins).
5. Two 200mm x 100mm x 3mm flat steel plate for the Rear Axle Carriers
6. Round Steel Bar. Diameter 30mm x 1100mm long. (For the Rear Axle)
7. Two Roller Bearings. Inside Diameter 30mm. (For Rear Axle).
8. Two Front Wheels with hubs + bearings. The two front wheels should have 
bearings inside them to suit a 3/4inch (20mm) axle.
9. Two Rear Wheels with Hubs which can be fixed/welded/bolted/keyed to a 
30mm diameter axle.
10. 1 disc brake and calliper from a moped/scooter (small motorbike).
11. 1 large sprocket (40-50 teeth) and 1 small sprocket (10-15 teeth) and 
1 chain from a motorbike.
12. 4 "rose end bearings" for the front track rods.
13. 2 meters of 3/4inch (20mm) steel tubing for front track rods, and 
steering column.
14. 4 M8 bolts x 40mm long. (for front track rods).
15. 1 steering wheel



If you have any specific questions, just drop us an email.

Best of luck,
-steve


On Thu, 16 Apr 2009, kevin elliot wrote:

> Hi, i was thinking about building a go kart with some friends and decided your plan looked pretty cool, however i don't believe i know what most of the parts required are and if you could type up a 'grocery' list for this model at (http://www.kartbuilding.net/racingkart/index.html) it would be greatly appreciated that and in what measurement system are you using for the chassis (and the whole thing lol) thanks.
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> Sincerely, Kev
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