off road & drift buggy project build

[sideways_madness]

i've always wanted a go kart for mainly some off roading, sliding and general arsing about, so i decided to start making one at the end of last year but done some work on it and then kind off left it like this as the back shed wasn't finished and weather was crap.



so a month or so ago i took back into it as i wanted it finished for the summer and for the winter when the snow comes. that and i want to start building my drift car so need to get this finished first to clear some space in the garage. got the shed finished so better working conditions, jus need to get the lights and all into it now.

some more pics:
winter caused some surface rust






Some work trying out back suspension



And the front, had a fiesta steering rack in it at the start one that I had cut up and re-centered it so that the travel to each side was the same as the rack had to be shortened to leave the ends of it in line with the pivot point of the upper and lower wish bones. But the fiesta one had too many turns from side to side so went with a sierra one which is about 2.5 or so.

[sideways_madness]

Got good few of the extra added in, plenty of cutting and grinding, but it's starting to take shape now so jus need to look unto the wiring end of things. Need to buy switches and stuff to get it wired up and make some sort of dash panel.


And the gear change lever


I then moved it over to the other side of the shed so that I could get it sandblasted, to get all the surface rust off. Messy job but made a good job of it.




I gave it a coat or red oxide primer to keep it from rusting as I still have brackets to weld on for petrol tank, radiator, exhaust, floor panel and few other bars.

[sideways_madness]

i'd say some of you will like this one lol....

My home made hydro handbrake

[sideways_madness]

and as it is at the min, still plenty to do,
make/buy a petrol tank
buy water hose for rad piping
make a dash panel
get clocks switches etc
finish gear linkage lever
make rear brake setup
design and make front hubs to replace heavy fiesta ones
sheet off sides and front
weld on strengthening gussets
make mud guards

[sideways_madness]

all comments welcome good or bad

[ger15]

Some serious fabrication there lad,looks like it will be a really cool buggy what are you using to power it ?

[Robbie Daly Ps13]

Serious work right there......! Did u have another base to work from....! What engine u using.....! Some man hours gone into her....!

[SIMO]

savage work there lad, looks class. Will be followin this thread.good luck with rest of build!!!

[sideways_madness]

cheers lads, i have a 400cc gsxf suzuki bandit engine in it, its actually sharp enough but just not what i want, so i have a 919 fireblade lined up for it now jus need to get a few pound gathered up and go get it.

nay no base to work from i have wanted one of these since i was about 8 years old so had a full design done in my head lol. i was gonna draw it up 1st but just went and made it instead so far its turned out alrite. looked at plenty of pics of different ones online just.

[sideways_madness]

all the fabrication of it has been good practice for when i go to build a drift car when i have this finished.
when i get this buggy finished i'll prob take it to some of the drift practice days at bishops court if its allowed as i seen another lad had one up at it.