| A good Go Cart must not only be fast, it must also be | | | | the end of the round may be heated and hammered |
| tough and sturdy. It is thus important to know how to | | | | flat. The round tubing is then used to put in a roll bar |
| build a Go Cart frame that can weather any type of | | | | over where the rider's head shall be as a precaution in |
| obstacle and provide its rider with the proper | | | | case of mishap. To prevent the cart from flipping over, |
| protection. | | | | the frame and the seats must be modified two inches |
| Before figuring out how to build a Go Cart frame, one | | | | from the ground, guaranteeing it a firm center of |
| must first figure out its dimensions. This can be done | | | | gravity. |
| by getting down on the floor and imagine riding the | | | | The second method of how to build a Go Cart frame |
| projected cart. Then, using a chalk, draw on the floor | | | | is by making it out of angle iron. One may use the |
| the measurements of the frame with convenient | | | | angle iron to build the whole frame, or one may only |
| enough space for the rider's legs. To accommodate | | | | use it for certain parts that have to be bent into angles. |
| two riders, a frame's width is commonly 1/3 to 2/3 its | | | | The iron is to be sawed up and laid out as in the |
| size at the wheel base. | | | | previous method. Next, one side of the iron is sawed |
| There are actually two ways of going about how to | | | | off, then heated up and bent to form the desired |
| build a Go Cart frame. The first method is building a | | | | shaped. It is welded afterwards, and the resulting |
| cart frame using metal tubing. The tubing is first cut | | | | frame is strengthened with additional material for filler. |
| using either a chop saw or a hack saw, and then | | | | A Harbor Freight pipe bender is used in making bends |
| made to form a mock-up of the frame to see how | | | | to decorate the frame. |
| the finished product may appear. Then using a tube | | | | As the building process requires a lot of welding, one |
| notcher, the round tubing are welded together. In | | | | should always be careful in handling the welding |
| particular, the round tubing where the rider's feet will | | | | equipment if they are inexperienced, or better yet to |
| rest should be lodged precisely to the tubing, firmly | | | | consult someone who is. Nonetheless, all that hard |
| joining the pieces together. Next, the round tubing is to | | | | work will pay off once one has learned how to build a |
| be connected to the square tubing. In order to weld it | | | | Go Cart frame strong enough to demolish the |
| to the square, the round may be either sawed flat or | | | | competition. |