999cc V Twin Go Kart Rear Suspension & Engine Mounted

Today we continue on with the 999cc Duromax V Twin kids go kart build. We get the back section of the frame cut off and build up a new one to clear the massive 999cc engine. We mount up the new swing arm we built in the last video to the chassis. Finally we mount the shocks and build a pan hard bar for the suspension. We are getting close to firing this beast up very soon.
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[@igokarts4510]

I wanna see a 999cc one wheel peel $30 Amazon clutch build

[@billbergen9169]

Chassis made of 1 inch tubing...

[@billbergen9169]

Leaf spring suspension...

[@igokarts4510]

@@billbergen9169 black iron pipe!

[@YerkitRacingChannel]

That's an awesome swing arm suspension setup! Simple and good travel from it. I'm sure it rides a ton better than the factory swing arm suspension.

[@carnivorecave]

Re-enforce every point for the torque...Insane...Love It...

[@tngtacticalmiata1219]

Sweet, sweet overkill..... How I love thee...

[@powertripmatt9392]

My son is rocking a Silver Fox chassis with a modded gx240 and hydraulic brake upgrades. We love the content and seeing your idea’s come to life through your work. Keep it coming!

[@RedBeardsGarage]

That is awesome!

[@trumpfancardanostakepool4737]

Man I cant wait to see it rip. Looking so good!

[@holtpage8226]

The more complicated karts are awesome, but seeing you do something more old school is great.

[@RedBeardsGarage]

I have more fun on the simple builds like this to be honest.

[@ElusiveYT24]

@@RedBeardsGarage Hey, so I’ve been browsing your channel and I was amazed on how cool and fun your builds were, so I have to ask, how did you learn to fabricate? (if that’s the correct term) I thought about trying to build one on my own but I don’t know where to start. If you have any suggestions or ideas, let me know. Keep up the good content man!😀

[@jonpippen6998]

@@RedBeardsGarage The simple builds are alot more relaxing to do but the complicated builds are awesome also altho can be frustrating and tiresome. Grab your self a Dragy performance meter or P-gear performance meter for testing and comparing the performance of your builds and of all the various motors you test out. They are awesome and i have both. If you get one and have any questions about them feel free to ask me.

[@frankgeimer5952]

Looking great guys! Can't wait to see it run!

[@Enigma-Sapiens]

Great video and awesome job on the build! I can't wait to see it ripping around!

[@quevicular]

Nice to see Mama Red out in the shop assisting you.

[@lloydbaker7099]

Super nice for a quick bill for the content great job guys

[@marvicty]

That sure is a big motor for that small Go Kart. You better let Lonnie be the test pilot

[@deadly_pikachu]

You should totally slap a little turbo on there that would be so cool. The downsides being that you would have to wire up all of the gauges and everything. But other than that it would be cool

[@jasongrinnell1986]

Never disappointed. Looks awesome

[@megoingfast]

Okay. That's an awesome rear. Frame cage and engineering. Much respect man.

[@Sleepy_spartan717]

Such a bad ass build. This thing is going to be nuts.

[@elvador3042]

Can't wait to finish mine

[@simonlund1650]

Loves your content, keep up!!

[@DIYWilly]

Did you ever figure out the gas pedal? Could you use a drive by wire pedal from a newer car and wire it to the twist knob some how. Same idea right?

[@Minibikes_of_Augusta]

That is one hell of a unit !

[@brianbugher5156]

Nice can’t wait to see it RRRIP.

[@knifeforgersharp3990]

Oh hell yeah!!

[@scottlarson9348]

That's cool. Different I like how it's got ability to twist should make for a awesome ride.

[@davidjessee7701]

Your fabrication is on point playa!!

[@nme1605]

Mrs. Redbeard is the MVP.

[@dirtoutlawraceteam6377]

Wicked build. Hoping to but a vtwin for my raving mower. I currently run a stock 20hp 40ci briggs vtwin intek. I race lawn mower BTW. Hoping to get a build like one of your in my race mower soon.

[@derucktorez2260]

Briggs v twins are the shit my man!

[@hankburton2043]

Good to see Donnie back in the shop

[@catacutanfuentes5146]

Wowwww. Ganda ng makina. Magan yan ikabit sa bang ka

[@ProbeGT2]

It's gonna need new "Beard tech chassis" stickers!

[@WJCTechyman]

As others said, awesome. Your videos make me want to be able to make some of this stuff but I don't have tens of thousands of dollars in tools or a nice workshop like that.

[@reymondmontenegro2805]

wow 😲😲😲😲😲 nice 👍👍👍👍

[@CJLeTeff]

RB you should build your own off-road big man buggy! Right before the shot of one in the background! 😳👍👍🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@bobsbarnworkshop]

I have the exact same cart I bought and modded to fit a Duromax 440, 18hp beast! Just a stage 1 mod , oil sensor and governor deleted of course. I had to beef up the rear engine carriage, cut and extend the hoop. Added front and rear lights, brake lights. Fenders all around! See it on my channel! What I want to see is how to replace the front single arm suspension with a dual arm with brakes! Keep up the great content!

[@ryanulmer9848]

Sick upgrades, but I have a Scorpion and I would never change a 2 seater too a 1...Those Karts are basically the dawn of side by sides!!!

[@josephwantz4035]

I'm really looking forward to seeing this Duromax 999 rip when are u going to drop the next video I hope it's soon been waiting since you first told us about it..... thanks for all the hard work God bless u guys

[@RedBeardsGarage]

I've been working on it. The engine mount needs some adjustment.

[@davidowen888]

Nice work 👏 GEE🧔 MISTER YOU HAVE A REALLY BIG ENGINE 😳☮️

[@jesseshelby4383]

Lonnie and his blue shop crocs make me laugh

[@shanehathaway2791]

I’ve got an 420 cc 16hp 30.57 ft/lbs of torque DuroMax engine it’s not as big as your 999cc but this thing is a monster just with a few mods it’s backfiring out the headed on a down throttle and wants to skip the 40 series torque converter and go on it’s own like all at once but will power down and torque out of most places like going up hill in a tight spot … Then it’s all about the low end torque but straight up power pulling out a tight place….. Anyway it’s just fucken crazy power an torque it does wheelies at around 40 mph and will get scary on the pick up … This 2021 BT200X mini bike hits 80mph so fast you have to dig the 🐛 bugs out you teeth so fast before the next run time…. I’d like to bring it out that way to just show you Red beard it’s a damn straight up hot rod for a mini bike… Okay anyway you always say something about how a big boy you are in how it makes a difference… it wouldn’t care how big you was it just goes… okay DuroMax 420cc an big boy at 16hp and 30.57 ft/lbs of crazy torque…. I’ve never heard it bog down no matter where or what your situation is it just goes with torque and power…. It has not been that long less than a week now 3,4 days maybe!!!!! Less … a will I’m just going to have to put new tires on it …… like some 6ply sunF tires the Coleman BT200X stock tires are already smoked off…. Coleman tires suck so this little bitch is getting a new set of meats….. sorry I went on and on but DuroMax engine’s are built with power right from the start…. Unsure about the Tillotson engines but them predator 212 engine’s ani’t got shit on the DuroMax 208cc 7hp engine stock that engine comes with 10.21 ft/lbs of torque and the predator 212cc engine stock only puts what 6.5 hp… so if you want more you’ve got to put all kinds of mods in it on it just to pull the power and torque that the DuroMax 208cc engine has … stock even the DuroMax 208cc 7hp engine by fare with out a doubt in my mind would smoke any stock or modify predator 212cc engine…. I’ll bet the 420cc DuroMax on that one…. Later…..,,

[@avreyarens7523]

love the vids

[@phoenixarizona8441]

I suggested this video when you built The Manco Deuce

[@bryduhbikeguy]

I'd suggest Ronnie go buy a 1/2 dozen 'Pool-Noodles' to split open and slip on the roll cage and secure with zip-ties.He's going to be hitting his helmet Allot.It's funny to watch,but he can't set around and drool.We need more Rag Doll clips.

[@tylerwatts1004]

Nice content guys but honestly I'd love more regular updates on the technical builds like the yz450 or other full suspension builds that are different and more advanced. The design and technique of your simpler builds is well known now and almost fool proof in its simplicity and effectiveness and we can watch back old videos but building or modifying the karts with better setups is interesting. Like converting a simple trailing arm setup to independent trailing arm or multi link or dual a-arm rear end etc. And for less technical experience, reusing drive trains from say ATVs etc like a front end swap from kart single arm to ATV dual arm seems an ideal conversion rather than building from scratch. Also, just my observation, seems you put lots of metal in the builds and I'd be fascinated to see how you could build a light weight but triangulated, strong frame or how to brace a light weight kart frame and give it simple suspension upgrades etc. Selfishly its great watching how you do stuff and learning so I personally enjoy seeing more of your smart solutions to builds and especially the more advanced stuff like the yz450 build etc, or reusing proven setups like ATV etc. Thanks for all the hard work and clear explanations also, keep it up.

[@koljag5]

Is there a big benefit to converting from a semi-independent rear suspension to an actual independent rear suspension on these buggies? I've got a deuce that I'm working on and I'm considering doing independent rear suspension on it at some point. I've got the dana h12 in it and I have heard you can get axle stubs for them.

[@westman8527]

to me it is a massive difference, trials i ride are only smooth sometimes and just the rear swing axle is a rough ride especially combined with how much unspring weight there is. a setup like this paired with solid shocks will be the smoothest go kart ever. high speed stuff would still be rough (not as much as before) because of the un sprung weight but its a go kart so its not suuuuper important.

[@haroldfisher2256]

I like the setup. Isn't that what they used on the Manco Deuce for a setup? It looks a whole lot better then the 2005 Polaris Twister Cart that my sun and I took to Windrock with you. It had a GY6 for a motor. I never have had the time or parts to change it over to a gravity feed carborator.

[@jonpippen6998]

Yes thats the same style suspension thats on the manco duece (semi independent rear suspension). Polaris doesn't and never has built the hammerhead buggys and only bought the hammerhead name a couple years ago but they do not build the buggys. They dont even build the rzr170 /rzr177 (200)/ace or ranger 150s. They just have china build them and slap their names on them. They use the same gy6s that are on all the chinese buggys. Your old hammerhead buggy is already gravity feed just like 99% of all other china buggys. Gy6s are awesome motors and have an absolute ton of performance upgrades available.

[@uncledingovlogs]

Sheeeeeeeeyeewwwwww. Love me sum redbeard content yeaboi

[@iceman45ification1]

I'd love to see you guys build a reverse trike using one of these engines.

[@derucktorez2260]

Never understood why people build those. You would want the most traction in the rear not the front.

[@iceman45ification1]

@@derucktorez2260 personal preference.

[@carbide1968]

with the seat in it looks pretty mean.

[@robertheuer7670]

was that the engin that had the dial throttle? i haven't been around and kinda behind

[@mrdesmit6038]

What torque converter you used?

[@michaeljohns8293]

What is the CVT your using on this build and where can i get one!?

[@robbob5318]

Is that a Comet 1190 cvt ? How much does one cost? Ty.

[@alinayoung5447]

Where did you find the centrifugal clutch for it I'm having a hard time finding one

[@MurryBob]

them those new Osha approved Steel toes Crocs?

[@RedBeardsGarage]

Yeah we all made fun of him that day lol.

[@bloopdawg3951]

Throw some paddle tires on it. I wanna see how it would do it the sand

[@coquikarts]

I am looking for help finding the right shocks for my homemade go kart and I wonder if you could help me..?? I don't know the max loaod on regular to start with and I can't find anything on the internet...

[@ProbeGT2]

I'm seeing you're not using everlast welders anymore. Did you have any problems with them? I've bought a Powermts 225 after seeing you build frames with an everlast. I Figured out if it's good enough for you, it'll be way overkill for a diy guy like me! Now every video i'm drooling for that welding table but this is way out of my budget.

[@RedBeardsGarage]

I like the Prime welders better and there more affordable. That's not to say the Powermts isn't going to be a great welder. If you are ever in the market for a different welder I recommend the Prime Weld stuff. These tables are a game changer for sure!!!

[@ProbeGT2]

@@RedBeardsGarage Thank you for you time to answer my questions. Keep up the great work, i'm learning a lot.

[@jamesbryant7355]

Are you going to be adding a reverse gear box to this machine?

[@RedBeardsGarage]

Yes. After testing out and tuning the engine we will be doing independent rear suspension using a Polaris trans.

[@jamesbryant7355]

@@RedBeardsGarage please put a link to the trans when you do it I have had no luck finding a trans for a 40 series torque converter

[@KopanopitsophopsRadebe]

Hi red beard garage my name is kopano from south africa 🇿🇦 I am your fan and I like your cross kart building l would like to see you do a 25cm sprocket on your engine and a 12cm on your wheels .please do it on your 999cc please look at your bicycle 🚲 🙏 😅

[@nickrudd2568]

Thats going to need front disc brakes.

[@louisianarebeltv4878]

5:16 Front Tire Backwards??!

[@highlightzilla9581]

Just got a cart and I traded a mud mower for 15 hp lifon engine what clutch or torque converter should I go with and where best place any body know

[@veterantraveller-dq4re]

Aren't you afraid the bottom of the motor will Crack or break under the stress of being mounted to the swing arm? It's a large motor. Or is this simply a proof of concept build and you'll remove the motor for another project?

[@lutrellmoore6875]

How do you charge for something like this

[@HoodRatActivities]

What happen with the yz 450 build

[@mary420jane2]

Does anyone know the top speed of this engine I would like to know thanks

[@nicolec7290]

Strap deal. Where you looking for the half way mark on the cross bare ??

[@jimmylarge1148]

Grimes finds intro music

[@geoffreyjones2000]

Litre kart

[@louisianimal1616]

Up next - LS swap that's cheaper than this 999cc engine

[@sdkenclosures2892]

2nd

[@csgarage2968]

Check out the KZbin channel, Bill Newell Very good explanation of a watts link