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Hi everybody, My names Reid Im 14 years old and I've got 2 gokart projects. Thinking that some of you probably had a gokart as a kid I thought this was good to share. I bought the first one (Sodikart) in April and the second one (Birel) in July. Both of them have been fun projects to date and over that time i've accumulated some build progress photos, so here they are...

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When I bought the Sodikart in April this is how it looked

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This is how the Sodikart looked in October before the full rebuild that is in progress 

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The Birel looked like this when I brought it home

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And after a quick wash it looked like this

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Both have a Honda Gx160 engine

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As of right now this is what the sodikart looks like, I wanted this one to look its best and the previous owners "new paint job" was not gonna cut it (they just went at it with a spraycan)

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And as of right now the Birel is getting its bumper bar repaired so I can hopefully sell it as there is no room left in my garage for things biggrin

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Ill post more in depth on things later, hope you like this project!



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Looking good Reid. Welcome and thanks for posting.

What part of Ontario are you from?

Is there a area/track local to you?

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Very cool. I know where there's a fiberglass Ferrari body that would look great on that chassis, but probably too expensive.
Welcome.

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I'm from Oakville so the nearest track I could actually race it at is in Hamilton, Cameron Motorsports Park. But I haven't gone to a track with them yet.



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Welcome Reid. Nice to see some younger guys on here.

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Good stuff Reid, and Welcome !! Like Parklane said,..nice to see some younger guys taking an interest.

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The front bar/ bumper on the birel was looking really beat up, but nothing that couldn't be fixed.

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After grinding and sanding down the bubbly welds I went to find a colour closest to match the frame and...voila

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welcome reid and ditto on the young guys wrenching on something.

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Keep up the good work Reid

Those are interesting looking clamp/brackets that go from the red frame tube to the shinny tube. Are they original equipment?

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toomuchjunk wrote:

Those are interesting looking clamp/brackets that go from the red frame tube to the shinny tube. Are they original equipment?


 I believe so, I am pretty sure that's where the bumper would mount up but it's too bad I don't have one



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I have a Cart here that belongs to a customer. I'll take some pics of it.

Roll bars etc etc, but it has no clutch ? Some big ass gear box and it's a go when you start it.

If carl ever gets here, he can verify. I heard another rumour he's out with a flashlight tonight on highway 4, so don't wait up.



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Sorry for the blurry image.

One of the things I knocked off the list today was porting the header. As you can see from the first picture below, the shape of the hole is restricting exhaust gasses. This is due to the circular shape of the header meeting to the "D" shape on the head.  The blackened char residue is the restricted area.

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It was my first time doing this and I think it turned out alright. Certainly an improvement from what it was.

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My kids raced karts for years all around Ontario. I wouldn't trade those days for anything, we had a lot of fun and met a lot of great people.

That header was not causing any restriction - believe me!

Driving those karts around a parking lot will get boring real quick. If you want to REALLY enjoy them, consider joining a club and racing. You'll have to have the motors and karts conform to some rules though and expect to get your ass kicked for at least the first season!

Look up WRKC on the net (Waterloo Regional Kart Club). They race every Saturday at a track they've built at Flamboro Raceway. They're the only club still running Hondas, all the others are running the crappy Briggs because they've been paid off!! My advice ... avoid Cameron like the plague - the guy is an ass and so is his whole operation.

At the Flamboro track I think you can go out on Fridays and run all day for $50.. Not cheap but nothing with wheels is cheap!!

Have fun kid!

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Thank you Stan! I have been thinking about joining a club as not only is driving around the neighborhood boring but I'm sure the neighborhood is not too thrilled about me driving around, and some work will for sure be needed to conform to some rules. Ill use your advice when when I plan on joining this summer. Thanks again for the tips.

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At 14 you're probably going to be in a class requiring the 6.5 Honda. I think what you have are the 5.5's. If they're decent and desireable motors then you can sell them for a decent buck BUT do not do any mods to them. For example if you have a desireble head but you were to glass bead it, its illegal to race so is worthless.

 

Desirable motors are determined by the shape the bore is in and how many times its been bored - twice is the max as you can't get rings that will give a good seal on the third overbore (must be stock Honda). Likewise Honda made a ton of different heads for that motor and some are like gold and others you can't give away.

 

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On the topic of not doing any mods... would having replaced all the gaskets be a "mod"? (I don't think so). As I just rebuilt the engine and put in fresh ones, but otherwise it is all stock I think. It is a trudel racing engine so it may have some aftermarket parts internally. 



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