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https://lvvta.org.nz/documents/infosheets/LVVTA_Info_04-2010_Bump-steer_Measurement_Background_Information.pdf https://lvvta.org.nz/documents/infosheets/LVVTA_Info_05-2010_Bump-steer_Swing-check_Procedure.pdf

Bolted more stuff back on

As far as cert goes , if you can mount to the original anchorages in the floor that makes things easier. As far as which ones to use, I'd use the mazda runners if you can because they will be nicer than escort ones

Yes! If I had some time and skills and materials to send you stuff to test it would be interesting to see results of things like SU on a log manifold to see how much power it would lose Or see how much power it could make with something outside the box like a 650 holley

Looks good! What size wheels and tyres did you end up with?

Nah just a stopper you can adjust on the throttle pedal

Good work!

Good idea! Ah, I thought it was odd that it was a Briggs and 2 stroke.

It's scary enough to watch as is, she needs to get a lot better before any more power

I'm pretty sure they were NZ made in the 90s. I used to race a kart when I was 13-15. Roundabout kart shop was where we got my kart and parts from and I vaguely remember seeing a brochure for these It has a 4hp 2 stroke briggs on it that has been turned from vertical to horizontal shaft , it has a carb and fuel tank from an iron horse mower by the looks of it I made the exhaust longer cause it used to just chooch straight up out of the muffler

I bought this for my daughter probably 5 years ago. When I was a kid I would have given anything to have a go kart so as any good parent does, I project my childhood dreams onto my own offspring The first time she drove it, I was pretty lax with the explanations, and she was 4. It's a 2 seater so my mrs sat on the other side. I'd backed the throttle right off but on grass with 2 on it, it was frying the clutch and wouldn't get moving so I had to give it more She started doing laps of the grass paddock but freaked out and forgot how to take her foot off the gas so she's going quite quickly, my mrs started freaking as well , kid starts screaming... I took a lunge at the spark plug lead but missed, luckily she hit a bump and her foot came off the gas Left it parked under the house until she was 6. Had another go, gave her a lot more training this time, and took her to an asphalt car park. She was going well until she turned too sharp and rolled it, her and the wife got a few scrapes and bruises. Parked it again, was going to sell it but daughter was still keen to have another go, she's 9 now and asked about it this morning so finally got around to fitting some smaller tyres to gear it down and make it less likely to fall over

Big bum fitted

Maybe that's where the "harley stomp" shift technique comes from? Must be getting pretty close to rideable

Even better, 3 year wofs

If you need more cooling so you have a bit of a safety margin, have you got room somewhere for a smaller radiator in the air flow at the front?

I did a job on a rear engined front radiator car a few weeks ago that got a bit warm, the owner reckoned the factory water pump didn't have enough beans to move the water enough at lower rpm

So the new joints arrived this time but they were packaged incorrectly and for a different car. Because the theme for this project is buy things at least twice I ordered some more of the 'correct' ones and am now waiting for those to arrive. I was bumbling around in the garage and looked at it and thought 'I wonder if the spindles and brakes fit the other way around ' as the mount holes for the balljoints are angled. Swapped side to side, did a bump steer check , that got it down to 13mm, it had what appeared to be a shit ton of caster and the top ball joint was getting close to binding, so adjusted the top arm a bit and rechecked it, down to 5mm now with camber and caster in the ballpark Other people are having xmas parties, I'm in my garage quite excited at improving my steering and suspension geometry, what a nerd

Kia ora Cuz Te waka is looking tu meke. Ka pai. Bleh

Cars have to have a safety standard marking on them, cant find entry requirements for bikes so I dunno. @MopedNZ may have some input

Polarity is correct?

Today's job was bolt all the steering in and check bump steer Holy shit it was terrible. I've never actually bolted it all together with this combo. First check was over 70mm. Mucked around with different combos of tie rod ends and rod ends for hours and found the combo I have wont work so I I've ordered some different balljoints, the american balljoint has a slightly longer steering arm and the bit where the tie rod end bolts on is slightly higher. I was trying to use the aussie balljoint for quicker steering, my vg had needed a lower outer pivot to fix the bumpsteer so I was hoping this would be the same, but it appears to need the opposite. it looks like the ideal pivot center is right where the arm is

Man that car park incident would boil my piss

Yep copper nickel or normal steel tube is ok, straight copper tube is a no go. stainless has to be done by a pre approved company or person

Bolting clean painted parts on with new bolts is satisfying

Yeah that works good. Apart from one bolt that didnt want to go in its home it was a piece of cake.