Evadman
Administrator Emeritus<br>Elite Member
Overview: (Cliff Notes at bottom)
Last year, I decided I was going to build a gocart. A fast gocart. The planning stages were mapped out in this thread. Because of extenuationg circumstances, I was delayed in starting the project until this spring. So, here is the current timeline. Expect this to be updated as the project progesses.
Current Timeline:
Basic Design: Sep 03 - Dec 03.
Infrastructure: Jan 04 - March 04 Workbench and Electrical Power
Week 1: Base frame tacked
Week 2: Going Vertical
Week 3: Rear Subframe Support
Current Update
This week I finished the roll cage and rear suspension mount.
First, I had to triangulate the main hoop, so I could weld on the top halo. After the halo was in I could add the driver's side and passenger side downbars to the front of the cart. Don't worry, the frame is not crooked, only the camera guy is. The frame is within 1/16" of being square. Basicly, if it is out of square, I can't tell with my tape measure. There are going to be 2 more downbars in the rear from the halo to the rear suspension subframe. They are needed to complete the loadpath.
Speaking of the rear suspension support, this is it. It is basicly a rectangle, 7.5" tall and 16" long. It will house the rear axle and serve as a support for the rear suspension. It looks kind of funny without the rear downbars, but they will be added later.
starting to look more and more like an actual chassis now..
So thats what I did this week. Just so you know 🙂
New Tools Used This Week: (first time I used these tools on this project, but I already had them)
None
Additional Tools I broke, or Needed
1/2" drill finaly broke. It was the gearcase. I already factored this cost in last week when I bought the replacement drill.
Materials and/or "Expendable" Tools Used this week:
40' of 1.5" .095 tubing (100' used so far)
3 10" cutting blades for chop saw ($3 each)
Rough Weight of Cart at this Point
~165 lbs
Total Cost of materials and Tools Used (even though I already owned the tools)
Tools: $429 (including $300 for welder)
Materials: ~$150 for tubing, $10 for wire for welder
Total so far: $589
Hours spent on build time
Counts from the time I start to time I finish, including lunch, trips to the store, breaks, phone calls, etc.
Week 1: 6 hours
Week 2: 16 hours
Week 3: 10 hours
Week 4: 38 hours
Total build time so far: 70 hours
Cliff Notes for entire project
Pre Gocart Workbench
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Last year, I decided I was going to build a gocart. A fast gocart. The planning stages were mapped out in this thread. Because of extenuationg circumstances, I was delayed in starting the project until this spring. So, here is the current timeline. Expect this to be updated as the project progesses.
Current Timeline:
Basic Design: Sep 03 - Dec 03.
Infrastructure: Jan 04 - March 04 Workbench and Electrical Power
Week 1: Base frame tacked
Week 2: Going Vertical
Week 3: Rear Subframe Support
Current Update
This week I finished the roll cage and rear suspension mount.
First, I had to triangulate the main hoop, so I could weld on the top halo. After the halo was in I could add the driver's side and passenger side downbars to the front of the cart. Don't worry, the frame is not crooked, only the camera guy is. The frame is within 1/16" of being square. Basicly, if it is out of square, I can't tell with my tape measure. There are going to be 2 more downbars in the rear from the halo to the rear suspension subframe. They are needed to complete the loadpath.
Speaking of the rear suspension support, this is it. It is basicly a rectangle, 7.5" tall and 16" long. It will house the rear axle and serve as a support for the rear suspension. It looks kind of funny without the rear downbars, but they will be added later.
starting to look more and more like an actual chassis now..
So thats what I did this week. Just so you know 🙂
New Tools Used This Week: (first time I used these tools on this project, but I already had them)
None
Additional Tools I broke, or Needed
1/2" drill finaly broke. It was the gearcase. I already factored this cost in last week when I bought the replacement drill.
Materials and/or "Expendable" Tools Used this week:
40' of 1.5" .095 tubing (100' used so far)
3 10" cutting blades for chop saw ($3 each)
Rough Weight of Cart at this Point
~165 lbs
Total Cost of materials and Tools Used (even though I already owned the tools)
Tools: $429 (including $300 for welder)
Materials: ~$150 for tubing, $10 for wire for welder
Total so far: $589
Hours spent on build time
Counts from the time I start to time I finish, including lunch, trips to the store, breaks, phone calls, etc.
Week 1: 6 hours
Week 2: 16 hours
Week 3: 10 hours
Week 4: 38 hours
Total build time so far: 70 hours
Cliff Notes for entire project
Pre Gocart Workbench
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
