I'm absolutely in love with this thing right now and everything in the back is still just tacked up but as you can see I can stand in it just fine put all my weight on it it's not going anywhere and nothing's even fully welded down yet but it is getting there. I just want to drive it but I still have to do quite a bit of work on this thing pretty much all I would need to like really drive it right now would be an exhaust and kind of ghetto rig a throttle cable clutch and uh shifter assembly and I could drive it like right now but I got to make those things legit. And I still got to redo the whole front end because as you guys know this front end is freaking super Jank super Loosey Goosey so need to tighten all that up and I will be going back and reinforcing the frame underneath most likely putting some more right here right where a driver would sit kind of reinforce that so it's just not this uh thin little metal on the shopping cart kind of holding the whole weight of a person. So run a bar through there and it should be good run some x's in there make it nice and strong but this thing is definitely coming together really nice.

I went ahead and pulled everything back off and since I still have some time tonight I'm just going to go ahead and weld everything back up so for instance like these axle uh bearing holders I need to weld the back side of those. And there's still plenty of other things that still need to be welded up and I'm going to go ahead and put the supports underneath the the cart and just get the whole frame of it done besides the steering so I don't have to worry about it anymore. And all that will be done and I can slap the motor back on and everything else put back on the cart and I don't have to worry about welding any more on the frame itself like I said besides the steering stuff.

I'm going to go ahead and knock that out real quick and probably call it for tonight and Lucy will be right here in case I need any help. I got everything I had welded up but I did not put the supports in just yet like I wanted to because I realized I don't have my seat yet and I'm not sure how I'm going to mount it so once I get a seat then I will run the supports because when I lay the seat in there it'll just be a lot easier to know where to put the support bar. So I did not fully get the frame done but I did get everything I had welded up so like you can sit in now it's solid it's not going anywhere like it's all beefed up some of my welds are pretty ugly that Harbor Freight MIG welder gets a little temperamental but it did the job.

I wanted to show you guys the back of it real quick show you the whole chain assembly. Don't think I've shown this yet so everything over here is pretty much bolted down and got the Jack shaft right here. The motor rotates forward that's why I can't put the motor backwards or El just be going in reverse so when you spin the axle like that it drives the motor forward that just drives the Jack shaft and then and that drives the axle. So pretty straightforward now you guys kind of get the idea to adjust the chain chain tension I just slide this back and forth for that chain and then this one I just kind of got lucky and it's in a pretty good spot a little loose but I can always add a a tensioner right here later on if I need to do that.

Another thing I may have to change the gearing later on because as you can see this gear right here is pretty small and the way that's geared this thing might have a really really high top speed which would be sick. But it might have too high of a top speed and like first and second might just be lugging around and not having enough on the low end. So we'll see how that works out once I get it all running probably going to set the battery and gas tank somewhere in this area going to trim this uh Jack shaft to length clean everything up.

I am really happy with where it is at so far that's going to be it for tonight just keeping those of you who are interested in the shopping go-kart updated more to come.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enso I got a couple things in the mail for the shopping cart in the last couple days um I got some little wheel hubs for the 1-in axle and as you can see I got some nice meaty go-kart tires as well so I actually picked these up from Brent he had some extras laying in his uh shop back at his house so he just let me have those and those are going to be going on the shopping cart so those definitely look really sick they're nice and wide they're like actual racing cart tires and and got the hubs already bolted in there but before I can throw those tires on I need to make the rest of the frame underneath it because I honestly don't know if the what I have welded on can support the weight of the motor right now if I try to put those on it might uh try to bend and break off right here because there's nothing supporting to the cart itself so we're going to run over to a metal supply store and get some more 1-in tubing and I'm going to try to make the rest of the frame get the wheels and tires on and and then just see where we go from there maybe try to Fab up an exhaust if I can find some piping for that too but I don't think I'm going to be able to get to that today so we're just going to go and get some 1in tubing right now for it I'm going to get a little extra so 3 ft and 20 in so I know math 3 ft and 20 in 36 36 and that's like 5 ft almost total so 3 ft and 20 in of just inch and I'll probably also get some extra cuz we'll probably need to make some like supports under it but so you need like 8 ft yeah something like that you need six and six and two yep plus some extra right you going to add an X underneath of it get like I'd get like no I'd get more than that from there to there yeah we'll see how how long do they sell them in are they like 10 14ts probi pieces I think yeah might might just get a full can you tell me I didn't half yeah well you'll use it for something so yep that work oh yeah that fits fine actually I didn't think it was going to fit fit like a 10t p in here so dirty yeah they're nasty that's why I didn't want to touch it so we just got home and on our way back we stopped by PFI to get this piece right here bent I already had the measurements before we left so that should be pretty good to go I just have to trim whatever I don't need off the back but before I can start on welding the bottom of it to the rest of the car I need to pull the motor back off because I need to flip this thing upside down and there's no way I'm going to do that with the motor still attached to it so it'll just be way easier if I pull that off real quick so I'm going to go ahead and unbolt the motor and then get it upside down and start cutting and fitting everything together so I just got the motor off it and I flipped it upside down laid the piece on there and I think for now I'm just going to trim it right here I have it marked it's still a little long on both sides but I might keep the front end of it a little long cuz I kind of like how that pokes out right there so we'll see what that looks like but for now I'm going to at least trim this one side and then see what it kind of looks like cuz it' be nice to have this in case I have like the steering stuff up front and that can kind of protect everything if that's just poking out a couple inches right there and I think it looks pretty good like that but we'll find out after I cut it so I flipped it back over I was just kind of thinking about how I'm going to do this and I think I'm going to weld it on about like where it's at right now um it's not quite long enough in the back right here it ends right there when I originally wanted it to go all the way back to this piece right here but I'll just cut out a section to add right there no problem but I'm really liking it like that a lot more cuz I'll be able to fit some more steering stuff up here if I need it and when the tires are on because I do want the front wheels to be pretty much in line with the front of the cart right there with the basket with those on right there it'll still have a little bit of a bumper coming out in front of the front tires so I just think it looks better like that as well so I'm going to go with that and get that welded into place I'm going have to kind of weld this side down and then Hammer this side in cuz I'm not sure if you can see it on camera camera but this side is just a little longer with the way the angles are so going have to weld this side down first and then kind of tap it in place where I want it and then I'll get it all the way welded down but should look pretty good like that guys coming to pick up Hayden's rotary out of the RX7 and the transmission going to be all gone today just got the bottom piece tacked on there this is the final spot that is where it's going to sit so I'm really happy with how it looks I'm really glad I added the uh extension on the front right there I like it a lot so I measured the inside to inside right here and here made sure all that is nice and square everything lines up great all I got to do now is cut out the two little sections to go right here and right there that'll help give it some more support in the back and help kind of tie in this back piece to the rest of the cart and once I get those cut out I'm going to just tack them on there probably add a couple Stitch welds because everything is where it needs to be anyway so I might as well go ahead and weld those up and I'm probably going to flip it back over and start mocking everything up put the engine back on put the axle on and try to get it onto its wheels and tires and show you guys what it's going to look like I'm not going to be completely done with the frame underneath the cart but but at least once I add those two little supports right there I can kind of flip it back over make sure everything lines up how I want it and once I'm sure everything is good then I'll go back and probably add more to the frame add some uh cross sections and just kind of strengthen it a little bit but I really want to see what this thing looks like with the wheels and tires on the ground so I'm going to go ahead and get those cut out real quick and get them welded on and go from there he just got the wheels and tires on this thing the motor just res in right now it's not bolted at all I just kind of set it on there but holy guys you cannot tell me this thing does not look badass with those go-kart tires especially these back ones they are so wide this thing is coming together so nice I really want to drive it now but I still got to get more done on it I'm just really loving the way this thing looks right now like look at that thing that is so sick I'm really glad I left that piece on the front extended like that looks really good I think it looks better like that than would if I left it tucked up under there so let me know what you guys think I am absolutely in love with this thing right now and everything in the back is still just tacked up but as you can see I can stand in it just fine put all my weight on it it's not going anywhere and nothing's even fully welded down yet but it is getting there I just I just want to drive it but I still have to do quite a bit of work on this thing pretty much all I would need to like really drive it right now would be an exhaust and kind of ghetto rig a throttle cable clutch and uh shifter assembly and I could drive it like right now but I got to make those things legit and I still got to redo the whole front end because as you guys know this front end is freaking super Jank super Loosey Goosey so need to tighten all that up and I will be going back and reinforcing the frame underneath most likely putting some more right here right where a driver would sit kind of reinforce that so it's just not this uh thin little metal on the shopping cart kind of holding the whole weight of a person so run a bar through there and it should be good run some x's in there make it nice and strong but this thing is definitely coming together really nice I went ahead and pulled everything back off and since I still have some time tonight I'm just going to go ahead and weld everything back up so for instance like these axle uh bearing holders I need to weld the back side of those and there's still plenty of other things that still need to be welded up and I'm going to go ahead and put the supports underneath the the cart and just get the whole frame of it done besides the steering so I don't have to worry about it anymore and all that will be done and I can slap the motor back on and everything else put back on the cart and I don't have to worry about welding any more on the frame itself like I said besides the steering stuff so I'm going to go ahead and knock that out real quick and probably call it for tonight and Lucy will be right here in case I need any help I got everything I had welded up but I did not put the supports in just yet like I wanted to because I realized I don't have my seat yet and I'm not sure how I'm going to mount it so once I get a seat then I will run the supports because when I lay the seat in there it'll just be a lot easier to know where to put the support bar so I can make a bracket to the seat because I do want to put a seat in this eventually but I will probably just drive it around with no seat for a bit just for fun so didn't fully get the frame done but I did get everything I had welded up so like you can sit in now it's solid it's not going anywhere like it's all beefed up some of my welds are pretty ugly that Harbor Freight MIG welder gets a little temperamental but it did the job I wanted to show you guys the back of it real quick show you the whole chain assembly don't think I've shown this yet so everything over here is pretty much bolted down and got the Jack shaft right here the motor rotates forward that's why I can't put the motor backwards or El just be going in reverse so when you spin the axle like that it drives the motor forward that just drives the Jack shaft and then and that drives the axle so pretty straightforward now you guys kind of get the idea to adjust the chain chain tension I just slide this back and forth for that chain and then this one I just kind of got lucky and it's in a pretty good spot a little loose but I can always add a a tensioner right here later on if I need to do that but wanted to show you guys how that worked another thing I may have to change the gearing later on because as you can see this gear right here is pretty small and the way that's geared this thing might have a really really high top speed which would be sick but it might have too high of a top speed and like first and second might just be lugging around and not having enough on the low end so we'll see how that works out once I get it all running probably going to set the battery and gas tank somewhere in this area going to trim this uh Jack shaft to length clean everything up but I am really happy with where it is at so far that's going to be it for tonight just keeping those of you who are interested in the shopping go-kart updated more to come thanks for watchingso I got a couple things in the mail for the shopping cart in the last couple days um I got some little wheel hubs for the 1-in axle and as you can see I got some nice meaty go-kart tires as well so I actually picked these up from Brent he had some extras laying in his uh shop back at his house so he just let me have those and those are going to be going on the shopping cart so those definitely look really sick they're nice and wide they're like actual racing cart tires and and got the hubs already bolted in there but before I can throw those tires on I need to make the rest of the frame underneath it because I honestly don't know if the what I have welded on can support the weight of the motor right now if I try to put those on it might uh try to bend and break off right here because there's nothing supporting to the cart itself so we're going to run over to a metal supply store and get some more 1-in tubing and I'm going to try to make the rest of the frame get the wheels and tires on and and then just see where we go from there maybe try to Fab up an exhaust if I can find some piping for that too but I don't think I'm going to be able to get to that today so we're just going to go and get some 1in tubing right now for it I'm going to get a little extra so 3 ft and 20 in so I know math 3 ft and 20 in 36 36 and that's like 5 ft almost total so 3 ft and 20 in of just inch and I'll probably also get some extra cuz we'll probably need to make some like supports under it but so you need like 8 ft yeah something like that you need six and six and two yep plus some extra right you going to add an X underneath of it get like I'd get like no I'd get more than that from there to there yeah we'll see how how long do they sell them in are they like 10 14ts probi pieces I think yeah might might just get a full can you tell me I didn't half yeah well you'll use it for something so yep that work oh yeah that fits fine actually I didn't think it was going to fit fit like a 10t p in here so dirty yeah they're nasty that's why I didn't want to touch it so we just got home and on our way back we stopped by PFI to get this piece right here bent I already had the measurements before we left so that should be pretty good to go I just have to trim whatever I don't need off the back but before I can start on welding the bottom of it to the rest of the car I need to pull the motor back off because I need to flip this thing upside down and there's no way I'm going to do that with the motor still attached to it so it'll just be way easier if I pull that off real quick so I'm going to go ahead and unbolt the motor and then get it upside down and start cutting and fitting everything together so I just got the motor off it and I flipped it upside down laid the piece on there and I think for now I'm just going to trim it right here I have it marked it's still a little long on both sides but I might keep the front end of it a little long cuz I kind of like how that pokes out right there so we'll see what that looks like but for now I'm going to at least trim this one side and then see what it kind of looks like cuz it' be nice to have this in case I have like the steering stuff up front and that can kind of protect everything if that's just poking out a couple inches right there and I think it looks pretty good like that but we'll find out after I cut it so I flipped it back over I was just kind of thinking about how I'm going to do this and I think I'm going to weld it on about like where it's at right now um it's not quite long enough in the back right here it ends right there when I originally wanted it to go all the way back to this piece right here but I'll just cut out a section to add right there no problem but I'm really liking it like that a lot more cuz I'll be able to fit some more steering stuff up here if I need it and when the tires are on because I do want the front wheels to be pretty much in line with the front of the cart right there with the basket with those on right there it'll still have a little bit of a bumper coming out in front of the front tires so I just think it looks better like that as well so I'm going to go with that and get that welded into place I'm going have to kind of weld this side down and then Hammer this side in cuz I'm not sure if you can see it on camera camera but this side is just a little longer with the way the angles are so going have to weld this side down first and then kind of tap it in place where I want it and then I'll get it all the way welded down but should look pretty good like that guys coming to pick up Hayden's rotary out of the RX7 and the transmission going to be all gone today just got the bottom piece tacked on there this is the final spot that is where it's going to sit so I'm really happy with how it looks I'm really glad I added the uh extension on the front right there I like it a lot so I measured the inside to inside right here and here made sure all that is nice and square everything lines up great all I got to do now is cut out the two little sections to go right here and right there that'll help give it some more support in the back and help kind of tie in this back piece to the rest of the cart and once I get those cut out I'm going to just tack them on there probably add a couple Stitch welds because everything is where it needs to be anyway so I might as well go ahead and weld those up and I'm probably going to flip it back over and start mocking everything up put the engine back on put the axle on and try to get it onto its wheels and tires and show you guys what it's going to look like I'm not going to be completely done with the frame underneath the cart but but at least once I add those two little supports right there I can kind of flip it back over make sure everything lines up how I want it and once I'm sure everything is good then I'll go back and probably add more to the frame add some uh cross sections and just kind of strengthen it a little bit but I really want to see what this thing looks like with the wheels and tires on the ground so I'm going to go ahead and get those cut out real quick and get them welded on and go from there he just got the wheels and tires on this thing the motor just res in right now it's not bolted at all I just kind of set it on there but holy guys you cannot tell me this thing does not look badass with those go-kart tires especially these back ones they are so wide this thing is coming together so nice I really want to drive it now but I still got to get more done on it I'm just really loving the way this thing looks right now like look at that thing that is so sick I'm really glad I left that piece on the front extended like that looks really good I think it looks better like that than would if I left it tucked up under there so let me know what you guys think I am absolutely in love with this thing right now and everything in the back is still just tacked up but as you can see I can stand in it just fine put all my weight on it it's not going anywhere and nothing's even fully welded down yet but it is getting there I just I just want to drive it but I still have to do quite a bit of work on this thing pretty much all I would need to like really drive it right now would be an exhaust and kind of ghetto rig a throttle cable clutch and uh shifter assembly and I could drive it like right now but I got to make those things legit and I still got to redo the whole front end because as you guys know this front end is freaking super Jank super Loosey Goosey so need to tighten all that up and I will be going back and reinforcing the frame underneath most likely putting some more right here right where a driver would sit kind of reinforce that so it's just not this uh thin little metal on the shopping cart kind of holding the whole weight of a person so run a bar through there and it should be good run some x's in there make it nice and strong but this thing is definitely coming together really nice I went ahead and pulled everything back off and since I still have some time tonight I'm just going to go ahead and weld everything back up so for instance like these axle uh bearing holders I need to weld the back side of those and there's still plenty of other things that still need to be welded up and I'm going to go ahead and put the supports underneath the the cart and just get the whole frame of it done besides the steering so I don't have to worry about it anymore and all that will be done and I can slap the motor back on and everything else put back on the cart and I don't have to worry about welding any more on the frame itself like I said besides the steering stuff so I'm going to go ahead and knock that out real quick and probably call it for tonight and Lucy will be right here in case I need any help I got everything I had welded up but I did not put the supports in just yet like I wanted to because I realized I don't have my seat yet and I'm not sure how I'm going to mount it so once I get a seat then I will run the supports because when I lay the seat in there it'll just be a lot easier to know where to put the support bar so I can make a bracket to the seat because I do want to put a seat in this eventually but I will probably just drive it around with no seat for a bit just for fun so didn't fully get the frame done but I did get everything I had welded up so like you can sit in now it's solid it's not going anywhere like it's all beefed up some of my welds are pretty ugly that Harbor Freight MIG welder gets a little temperamental but it did the job I wanted to show you guys the back of it real quick show you the whole chain assembly don't think I've shown this yet so everything over here is pretty much bolted down and got the Jack shaft right here the motor rotates forward that's why I can't put the motor backwards or El just be going in reverse so when you spin the axle like that it drives the motor forward that just drives the Jack shaft and then and that drives the axle so pretty straightforward now you guys kind of get the idea to adjust the chain chain tension I just slide this back and forth for that chain and then this one I just kind of got lucky and it's in a pretty good spot a little loose but I can always add a a tensioner right here later on if I need to do that but wanted to show you guys how that worked another thing I may have to change the gearing later on because as you can see this gear right here is pretty small and the way that's geared this thing might have a really really high top speed which would be sick but it might have too high of a top speed and like first and second might just be lugging around and not having enough on the low end so we'll see how that works out once I get it all running probably going to set the battery and gas tank somewhere in this area going to trim this uh Jack shaft to length clean everything up but I am really happy with where it is at so far that's going to be it for tonight just keeping those of you who are interested in the shopping go-kart updated more to come thanks for watching\n"