So here's what we're working with: I Got this from Danny on Facebook Marketplace for 180 bucks. Shout out to Danny Real great guy. He actually recognized the channel so it's pretty cool. We sat and talked for a bit about carts and swap meets and cars and all that.

but here it is. Uh, we think it's a 80s or 90s Streaker cart which is pretty cool. It's got that kind of vintage style frame, very small and we hope to do a little bit of modifications to get the parts we got to work. but we'll go ahead and put it on the Welding Table and start looking at the parts we got for this thing.

Texas Metal Works Welding Table Serving as a chopping block for this thing, let's take a closer look at it. Definitely needs new wheels and tires all the way around. Probably new sprocket and drum brake as well. but check this out! Texas Raceway in Kennedale final round Winner! This thing has racing pedigree.

Well we got all our nice Go Power Sports Parts Laid out. we have our Drive wheel, our three other wheels and tires got a throttle cable, brake cable Max torque clutch, brake and throttle pedal kit and a steering wheel. So I think we'll start tearing this thing down and get it ready for these new parts. Foreign bolt is not going to be long enough for these bigger Wheels but I think we're still going to use them.

Probably dig around, see if we have another spindle or just cut the bolt off and weld a new longer one on new wheel. I Don't think this one's gonna fit either, but it's worth a shot and it doesn't fit either, but it looks good so thank you All right! I Like it. Well, it kind of changed my mind not really feeling these round turf tires. I put one of the rear tires on the front and I think that Slimmer profile and the more Square Tire shape is what we need to do.

So I'll get a set of four of these tires, throw those on the wheels, but for now, I'll start moving on to the rest of the frame and prepping that. So while we wait for those different wheels and tires to come in, I'm going to make an absolute mess sanding this Frame and getting it prepped so let's go foreign back to Bare Metal I Used an orbital sander and I started off with 80 grit sandpaper to really get rid of those thick layers of paint and then I switched to a 120 grit sandpaper to give us a nice bare steel smooth finish okay on the bottom of the floor pan I used some paint stripper, I applied an even coat with the brush and then after I had covered the entire bottom I used Saran wrap for lock-ins the paint stripper and to keep it from drying out after waiting about half an hour. I came back from an old beat up chisel and just scraped most of the paint off and then I did one final pass with the orbital sander foreign s on the floor pan that broke loose. so I ground them down and we're going to use our Hobart multi-handler to weld them up using an angle grinder I cut off the old drive wheel bolts on both sides so that later on I can take a longer bolt and weld it back on for the new wheels and tires.

I Checked the chart on the inside of the welder to figure out which voltage and wire speed to use and then I got to welding on the new wheel bolts I then used some washers to shim them and get them level. I did some tacks at first and then I went back checked it with a level a few times because if you don't get this right, your cart may be unbalanced now. I'm going to cut this stock spindle to fit our new wider Wheels foreign set up and our new wheel bolts on. We should be able to do a little mock-up.

All right there we go. That looks nice. I Like that look a lot better with these different tires. We got the new Go Power Sports wheels and tires on this thing.

they look a whole lot better. I Now have a link in the description if you're interested, but now it's time to move on to the engine. This is the engine we'll be using for this build. This is a Predator 212 non-hemi from Harbor Freight You can tell by the valve cover and the number on the box up here.

Now we're not going to build this thing up too crazy. We're just going to remove the governor, put a stage one Go Power Sports kit on it and then exhaust and that'll give it plenty enough power to push this thing around. Foreign Ly I can't just bolt this thing on and let it rip because the seat back hits the gas tank, the holes don't line up and my sprocket alignment is off. This thing probably had a Briggs and Stratton Flathead on it before or something of that nature.

A lot smaller engine. so I need to weld on a new engine plate and luckily I have this one here from Go Power Sports All right now. I'm putting some tacks on the engine plate making sure to get it in the right position and as level as possible. Foreign.

Got some 420 chain and a chain break from Go Power Sports cut my chain to the right length. Now we're going to give this Predator 212 a little bump in power. We'll also Strip This engine down, open it up and remove the governor. So now I've taken the side cover off carefully, remove the gasket.

Now we can see inside the engine and that arm and gear back. there is the governor that we will be removing. I'll go ahead and free the arm there so we can remove that and get the gear out. You can position the crankshaft and knock that sucker right out.

Next up is removing the governor gear back there. What I usually do is just take a screwdriver and a hammer and kind of mangle that plastic gear up until everything comes out there. we go. plastic Governor Gear out.

You'll have to plug that hole behind the flywheel with a one-quarter inch self-tapping bolt. Don't forget the little washer at the bottom as well. You also have to plug the hole in the top of the engine with a one-quarter inch bolt and I like to put some RTV gasket maker on there just to help seal things up. Once you're done inside the engine, make sure to use some brake clean to flush everything out and remove any metal shavings that might have been produced.

We need to snip this wire for the low oil sensor because when you're riding around you don't want that going off and we can unplug it here and get rid of this right. here for a more detailed video on how to remove a governor and do any type of engine work. I Definitely recommend the channel Redbeard's garage. Our good buddy Greg over there does a great job with his tutorial videos.

We've kicked that Governor to the curb. Now let's move on to some bolt-on power mods. One of the most popular and inexpensive kits is the Stage One from Go Power Sports comes with a larger filter, intake adapter, and larger Main Jet for the stock carburetor. What we like to do though is to swap out that stock carburetor for a 22 millimeter Mikuni kit from Go Power Sports and then of course for either one, you're going to want a header and Muffler we chose the 29 economy version.

It's got a nice black coating I actually like it a lot so we'll go ahead and do that. And if we wanted to push more power in the future, I would definitely do some heavier valve springs and a Billet flywheel. The Mikuni intake adapter is on and we can also now remove the stock throttle plate. I'm going to fill it up with some 10W30 oil to break it in the engine's mounted and I Gotta say, this thing is looking pretty dang sweet so there's only a couple things left before you take it.

for a test drive. We have to run our throttle and brake cable, run a kill switch, our chain put the steering wheel on, and then we'll be able to test drive it before we paint it. Now for our brake and throttle cable. I'm using these Go Power Sports Cable mounts, cable stops, and I'm just going to tack these on for now, but that'll give us plenty of travel and a nice sturdy mount.

Foreign plate I Welded on this little piece of round bar and drilled a hole in it for our rear brake band that goes on like this. Your cable passes through that hole into the center of the band and then in the back. it'll go through a barrel clamp and then you'll just tighten that down. All right now.

we'll test it on the table just to make sure everything's in working order. All right. Looks good to me. Throttle works, brakes work, kill switch works.

Let's get it and now for a little test drive testing. The go-kart went well and it's honestly pretty quick. so now it's time to give it a nice fresh coat of paint. I Stripped it back down, cleaned it up and first I'm going to prime it I use some self etching primer to Prime the entire frame and that'll give me a nice base for my paint to stick to.

All right to the base coat. I use Krylon Glass cherry red I really like the color and I think it matches pretty good to the original color of the cart. now I did have a problem with a couple of the cans not spraying correctly but I still got a great result. I Then painted the accessories black with some Automotive enamel paint from Rust-Oleum and then I moved on to scuffing and prepping the wheels so I could paint those black as well.

Now I'm going to mask off my tire. Usually the easiest way to do this is just tuck some note cards underneath your wheel here. but I don't have any so I'm gonna tape it off foreign for the last touch. That'll really make this paint job pop.

Got some 2K clear coat here I'm just going to coat the whole frame. Thank you! Now that I had everything in a fresh coat of paint, it was time to reassemble everything the same way that it came off. Now for my seat. I Use this paper to give me a template.

I'm going to trace out onto this half inch thick piece of plywood. then I'll layer of foam and some vinyl fabric. On top of that, got some spray adhesive down on my plywood and now I'm going to lay on some seat foam. this stuff's just from Walmart All right now.

I've got a piece of vinyl I'll lay my seat on that foreign suit. but I'd say it looks pretty decent foreign. This thing has come a long way from the Crusty old card it was. Now it looks pretty much brand new.

It looks kind of custom. the new Go Power Sports parts will have the links were in the description. They really helped transform the look of this build. This thing's actually kind of fast for what it is too, so it was pretty fun to drive around.

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