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Old 08-01-2011, 01:43 PM
bigmitch747 bigmitch747 is offline
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Talking Basic 1st build help

Hey i got this little go cart in a trade for what i thought was a steal.. well not really, it wont even move. The thing that sold me on it, is its a small 70 lb one person frame, with a 440cc engine! Right now my main question is welding. So i want to put a roll cage over it. Also right now the motor(snowmobile engine) sits right behind the seat, with a belt straight onto the rear axel, which is terrible and doesn't work. tomrrow i am goin to get a secondary clutch, and am ordering a chain and sprocket set off ebay for snowmobile's, so it'll fit the drive shaft coming off the secondary clutch. How ever to do this, i think i want to set the motor up, kinda above the axel, the belt will run to the secondary clutch behind my seat, with a chain that will then go to the axel ( i wont worry about suspension until this thing is at least moving) i have misc steel, but no steel plates.. what would be the best way to mount the motor up there? and as for welding, i need to get a welding kit.. im just in college right now, doing this for fun in my spare time, so not to much extra money. I just want to get a small arc welder, and ive found a couple local ones for around 50 bucks. Most are 120 volt and do about 70 amps.. but there are a few 230 volts that do 230 amps? the ad was pretty confusing.. what would be the best welder to get for this? would the small 120 volt 70 amp work for this? the 230 amp, do i plug that into 2 wall outlets? haha.. ive never used one before.. or would i need to plug that one into like a washing machine outlet? those are 240 i believe. The steel bar i have is like 1/16 inch thick.. a 70 amp can do that right? but would that be strong enough to hold a 30 hp engine up? i assume if i had enough it would be