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AtomSmasher:

--- Quote from: RayB on June 28, 2010, 04:48:41 pm ---ehhhh,.... ya know they sell racing calibur karts right?? Might be safer to use one of those (and I HAVE seen them flip over despite being wider than that thing pictured above)


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I knew some guys who built 4 karts from scratch and they welded a whole roll cage onto the thing.  I remember when I rode in it, they told me if I ever start to flip, just make sure to keep everything inside the cage and I should be fine.  Of course they also built an oval dirt track that had about a 5 foot drop if you messed up the turn (they made it a fairly steep angle so you could go really fast around it), so I'm sure they rolled them fairly often.

Ed_McCarron:

--- Quote from: AtomSmasher on June 28, 2010, 05:30:09 pm ---I knew some guys who built 4 karts from scratch and they welded a whole roll cage onto the thing. 

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Roll bars are for sissies. :)

I built one of these a few years back for an engineering competition -- the only rules were the kart had to be electric and fit into a 2' cube.  Funny video.

Zakk:

--- Quote from: pinballjim on June 28, 2010, 03:55:10 pm ---Oh yeah, because being snarky on a message board is worthy of dying in a fire.  Awesome.   ::)




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I checked the karma handbook, and being a consistent dooshbag does qualify for hair burning and oil spatters.  It's on page 645. 

usedelectronics:
Of course they sell "pre-built" karts...
That kinda defeats the "BYO" concept doesn't it??

And besides.. This was way more fun, and substantially cheaper.

shmokes:

--- Quote from: pinballjim on June 28, 2010, 03:55:10 pm ---Oh yeah, because being snarky on a message board is worthy of dying in a fire.  Awesome.   ::)




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Lol . . . poor pbj . . . lost his sense of humor when he's the butt of the joke.   ;D

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