im makin a go kart!!!1!!!
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like i said FAR too expensive 
, i just wanna know a way i can get the power i need, and be able to charge it
, i just wanna know a way i can get the power i need, and be able to charge itboardordi3 said:
if your using a car battery they sell car battery chargers where you can set it for either a deep cylce which is a full charge or just to start it put just as if it were from another car. they plug into the outlets. i have one myself for my car.
here is a wirelese one but they sell ones that just plug into wall sockets.
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yeah that shud give me a whole mess of juice, im lookin for as much power/speed as i can get
I assume that the motors run on 12V?
if that's correct just get a couple of 12v batteries,
my advice is don't go to a scrap yard, the saving isn't substantial enough for what you're doing, and the quality is so low that you'll probably never get a full charge out of the batteries anyway.
as Ronco said, if you have car batteries, use a car battery charger, it is possible to make one, but ideally just go buy one, it's safer.
you said that you wern't using a petrol engine because it's too expensive.
but now you're looking to buy 2 car betteries, (£30 each) and a charger (£30) so you're spending ~£90 (or whatever the US equivellant is...
by the time you've spent £90 on batteries and chargers you could have gone to a scrap yard or a private sale and bought an old moped with a 50cc engine, or even a 100cc or a 125 cc engine, you'll have more power that you can shake several sticks at.
the first scrap bike I bought was an MOT failure, I bought it for £20 the engine worked perfectly (it was a 125cc) so there was plenty of power.
plus it came with everything needed, in the way of serious braking gear drive chains and all.
if you're looking for serious power, go with a real engine.
if you're looking to do it on a budget then go with a real engine.
besides which, once you've gotten old with it, you'll be able to sell a petrol kart much easier than a electric one.
just my 2c,
(it's obviously a lot easier to make an electric kart though)
if that's correct just get a couple of 12v batteries,
my advice is don't go to a scrap yard, the saving isn't substantial enough for what you're doing, and the quality is so low that you'll probably never get a full charge out of the batteries anyway.
as Ronco said, if you have car batteries, use a car battery charger, it is possible to make one, but ideally just go buy one, it's safer.
you said that you wern't using a petrol engine because it's too expensive.
but now you're looking to buy 2 car betteries, (£30 each) and a charger (£30) so you're spending ~£90 (or whatever the US equivellant is...
by the time you've spent £90 on batteries and chargers you could have gone to a scrap yard or a private sale and bought an old moped with a 50cc engine, or even a 100cc or a 125 cc engine, you'll have more power that you can shake several sticks at.
the first scrap bike I bought was an MOT failure, I bought it for £20 the engine worked perfectly (it was a 125cc) so there was plenty of power.
plus it came with everything needed, in the way of serious braking gear drive chains and all.
if you're looking for serious power, go with a real engine.
if you're looking to do it on a budget then go with a real engine.
besides which, once you've gotten old with it, you'll be able to sell a petrol kart much easier than a electric one.
just my 2c,
(it's obviously a lot easier to make an electric kart though)
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wow We've got some old cars in our garage, maybe i shud do something like this lol sounds like fun
alternativly u cud round up some stray dogs, hey presto, dog power lol.
alternativly u cud round up some stray dogs, hey presto, dog power lol.
Two 36 volt motors equals 6 12 volt batteries.
You need to remember that with 6 batteries the go cart is going to be quite heavy. Just go out and find a gas motor of some kind, it'll be cheaper, lighter and more hp. But possibly a little more complicated if you have to fix the motor and mount it and whatnot.
You need to remember that with 6 batteries the go cart is going to be quite heavy. Just go out and find a gas motor of some kind, it'll be cheaper, lighter and more hp. But possibly a little more complicated if you have to fix the motor and mount it and whatnot.
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