Homebuilt Go Kart Crosskart on a Race Track

[@MaxAnnenkov]

Hello. My name is Max. I'm from Russia. Thank you for your great work. Your channel inspired me to build my own buggy. I will definitely share photos of my work with you.

[@jumpercabledadz]

I saw over 120 on the speedo!!! This was an awesome video!! Can’t wait to see you guys next month!

[@scottjohnson7263]

Can’t wait to race at busco!

[@derekleclair8787]

Can’t wait to complete my build this looked like a blast!

[@KJRaycing]

This should definitely be on the to do list for all the builders!

[@Zemach-industries]

@@KJRaycingdoing two seater build now

[@StoryOfJames.]

I want to watch now but this has to be my morning coffee :)

[@michaelmerrill589]

Rides out pretty good on the track surface (looks fun).

[@timothywilliams2021]

Looks like a blast. Upgrade your brakes before you're engine. Build your skills then build that engine or swap in something more powerful.

[@jkreviea]

It's on the list of things to build. We're in the middle of relocating from Ohio to SC. After that, and I get the garage back in order...it's on!

[@KJRaycing]

Outstanding! Good luck on your move. You will miss Ohio though…

[@theperformancereviewchannel]

"Get in your garage and get building." On it!

[@jimysk8er]

something ive wondered about having a dual purpose vehicle would be to utilize air springs like trucks do for towing to stiffen things up when on track. I wonder if you could fab up a sort of clip on air diverter for the brakes to help with the fade you mentioned? it could also give you a chance to mess around with aero components.

[@suntzu6122]

That looks so fun.

[@Bucky916]

I have a 2011 zx10r engine kit i have put off to the side for a build like this... man when i get the spare time , oh boy!

[@matthewkennedy7655]

Great roller coaster ride!

[@keithfilkins2043]

Well done!! Looks like a blast!!

[@4legdfishman]

Excellent second run! That thing is fast! Along with your skills, those tires and rims really helped out. I'm getting the itch, and when I eliminate some other priorities, I'm definitely moving on to one of these! I bought your plans quite a while back and that's about as far as I made it. 😂 Question: Are you allowed to have a windshield? Would that make a difference?

[@ronmurphy9819]

Hey I didn’t see you install the reverse. That sure looked like a lot of fun at the track. Please stay safe and God Bless !

[@SolitaryCanid]

Gravity reverse, he mentioned drive it like you have no reverse.10:30

[@gremlin3362]

Dude. First and foremost outstanding video as always! I do have a couple ideas for you in the future if you’d like to implement them. Maybe to show progression keep lap times, or even a simple 0-60 time. Analytics, while boring can be very useful and a great advertising tool! Stay safe brother.

[@KJRaycing]

Thank you so much!!! Awesome ideas and I would do all of this if I had the time. When I get them out to play I just want to play, and I try to spend most of my garage time showing you guys how to build them. Thank you for the huge compliment and for being a fan of my channel. It really means a lot.

[@skyfreakwi]

I'll admit it... I cheated. I found a go cart on marketplace for 400 and messaged them saying I'd like to look at it, but my budget was more like a hundred. Told them that just to not waste anyone's time. Went over looked at it and was like wtf this isn't a go kart it's a little side by side of something. Shit I could put a motorcycle engine on this thing! Then I walked around it to see the profile and realized it has like a 4 foot extended swingarm with a GSXR motor in the frame welded on it! It doesn't need to be this long and I hate extended swingarms in general so I'm going to shorten it and get rid of the moto frame. I can't wait after watching yours this is going to be so freaking fun! (Assuming I can get the motor running. It was sitting outside with the air box off. It definitely got some water in it...) But hey great vid! Let me know when you get your all kart track day set up and I'll make something work in this thing!

[@calholli]

It sure looks fun

[@jimhewitt1273]

Dude, way to go, not bad for the first time. The orange cones at the turns mark the apex, so you need to work on your racing line. I do think the brakes are going to become a problem if you already feel fade. You were slowing and braking way too soon before the turn after the long straight. I think you will be surprised at how late you can brake on that turn, and all the others. New brakes will be a must. Anyone can go fast on the straight, but it takes a long time to master a late brake and then nail a racing line, Not to mention that when you actually start racing, you won't always have a natural racing line. Stick with that engine until you master the cart as is, and save some money for the brakes. Enough Trolling, I think you definitely have the balls, and the machine to get that lap time down quite a bit. Was that the fastest lap time for the day, or was that the track record time? They don't need a new lap time category, they just need to attract faster cars or carts. Maybe try some autocross also. I have been subscribed to your channel for quite a long time now, and have enjoyed them all. I think you have proven the concept, you've got me thinking! Asphalt on Saturday, and dirt on Sunday.

[@KJRaycing]

I used the cone to mark the start/finish just for the video because I couldn’t get any clean laps from passing cars. Should have explained it better. And I know the car can drive deeper into corners and I know there are a lot of better drivers than me. I’m going to learn the track and learn my car before going 100% because I’m not an idiot. The brakes did just fine on 431 turns and I had a little brake fade on one of them, and I’m sure it’s because I was coming up on someone and rode the brakes too long to match speed instead of “corner braking”. I should have explained all of this in the video but then it’s just me rambling and explaining myself. Thank you for being a long time follower, you should know by now I have a scientific and methodical approach to nearly everything and I’m just posting my experiences. I’m sorry if you are disappointed, I’m just a dude in a garage 🤓.

[@matthewmoilanen787]

​@@KJRaycingYou did great. It's wise of you to not bite off to much to fast. Sneaking up on it is wat better than overdriving and getting hurt or at the very least trashing a good machine. I've won several track championships TT a flat Tracking a quad and the worst people to race with are the ones with balls bigger than brains. May I suggest better brake pads for minimal fading at a low cost. Oh and a newer 600 like a R6 or 600RR with a few upgrades from the mini sprint suppliers may be just the ticket!

[@jimhewitt1273]

@@KJRaycingNot disappointed in the least. I have enjoyed all the time I have spent watching you develop your machine, and I will enjoy watching you developing your driving skills. Can't wait to see you and your machine rip. The cones I was talking about are the ones at each turn marking the apex of each turn. Hit those and watch the seconds drip away. Keep up the good work.

[@Tearial311]

You should never miss an apex in that thing

[@brysoncook8156]

Man, this looks like so much fun -- you mentioned that you didn't do much to change the suspension from dirt to track; did you swap springs? The shock body doesn't look like it would have much adjustment to raise the cart back up, but maybe I'm looking at it wrong. Either way, that's a hell of an accomplishment to have such a versatile rig. Building a small bike-engined car is on my short list of projects, but we don't have much in the way of trail riding in coastal SC. Still, videos like this about have me convinced to build a VF-1 or VF-2 and keep a different set of coilovers to swap on for dirt roads and stuff.

[@Fletcher2k]

A Honda CBR 954 as donor is a really strong engine you could get - 150 HP

[@calholli]

I had a 99 CBR900 .. and my buddy bought a 2004 R1 (1000cc fuel injected) and the difference in power was bonkers. 1000cc is the way to go for sure. A 1000cc GSXR would be my number one choice-- next would be an R1, zx10 or CBR1000.. any one of these is a killer choice for an engine.. especially if you can find a wrecked bike and get it for cheap.

[@vicman440]

i just got a running 2004 R1 as well for a crosskart for $700!! did your friend put it in a kart yet or just rides it?

[@calholli]

@@vicman440 Rode it.. I found that bike for him.. It had all new plastics white and blue.. Was in immaculate shape-- only 2400 dollens. This was about 10 years ago. He had a bunch of kids and sold it... It even had some aftermarket shift computer that let you shift without using the clutch.. So you could just peg it wide open and shift to your next gear, and it would very precisely cut off ignition just for enough time to let it shift cleanly. Crazy fast for racing-- because you could just slam through the gears and never let off the throttle; if you could keep the front tire down. I rode it quite a few times-- it was an insane setup if you had the ballz to push it to the limit.

[@vicman440]

@calholli oh yeah quickshifters are sick!

[@storminnorman1932]

Nice work. What tires are you on here ? Most of your other vids are treaded dirt style tires.

[@davidwillis5016]

Thanks again

[@mattj4256]

That looks exciting! Does the crosskart have enough straight line braking power to lock up the fronts with slicks?

[@KJRaycing]

Absolutely yes. The thing has more than I have on a track and I’m pretty confident…

[@mattj4256]

@@KJRaycing Impressive!

[@luiggispeed4081]

AWESOME!

[@jeffella2748]

Omg a Yamaha R1M engine 200mph+

[@davidwillis5016]

Where was you at when you tested this? I would like to meet up with people to talk about bills and to just check out others carts but no location I'm in central Michigan near Harrison and I have collected a bunch of stuff to build carts with, I just have to get my garage in order and get to building these crazy machines?

[@drago3074]

By any chance you wouldn't bless him, would you?😅

[@MaldonadoMoto]

Zooooom ❤

[@luiggispeed4081]

I was very curious to see what a kart with slicks can do, you ripped that track Sir, did you have to do anything to the brakes to beef them up? Did they required safety wire ? OMG a kart class could be a thing, I would definitively look for something larger than a predator for my buid.

[@brandonmott674]

Is this at the New York Safety Track?

[@hunterlogan2913]

Are you able to control caster, camber, & toe? Vehicle looks very "darty". U need better mirror positions. Lastly, you need to have you arms tethered effectively if you ever roll let alone tumble

[@KJRaycing]

I think you are a prime candidate to build one better than I do 👍

[@greymarket6834]

what drive train did you use for this one?

[@darrylnicholson1640]

Try for more airflow over the front brakes to help with the fade.

[@matthewjackson9765]

Build the track car, run some hillclimb races in scca.

[@pauljesionowski1626]

What track was this Kyle? is this the one in Oneonta?

[@KJRaycing]

It is the New York Safety Track. It was an absolute riot! The VF-1 is too smooth to see how fast it really is.

[@pauljesionowski1626]

Ah ok. cool. Yea, I'm in Galway and was wondering what track cause that's the only one I know of that's close.. You should take that machine to the Mt Washington hill climb.. I'm building a little something for it.. see how it goes.

[@Hoggdoc1946]

Why not change final gearing for more top speed. From sounds of the engine you have more than enough RPM range to pull higher gear.

[@KJRaycing]

Too easy, ran out of room. Gears were optimized for the track 👍

[@BPBomber]

Lmao this is amazing.

[@notaboutit3565]

Speedo still calibrated?

[@KJRaycing]

If there were no speedo at all would that make it slow or fast? The obsession with exact speed is very misplaced…

[@chashoward302]

Would you build a full roller chassis and sell to me

[@KJRaycing]

Would you build a roller chassis and sell it to me? How much could I pay you to do it?

[@chashoward302]

I need two rolling chassis I have 2 2003 gsxr 1000 willing to pay

[@Саша-и3ц9ч]

Продай чертежи

[@shrugger1]

I saw 122mph. Those tires no longer look funny on there.

[@justgrazza4638]

Fast cart, race track, driving gloves, short sleeves, open cockpit, no net, no arm restraints. Nope can't see a problem at all. Not until anything nasty happens that is. It's called PPE for a reason.

[@KJRaycing]

You forgot to point out a VERY important fact… I wasn’t driving like an idiot. When you build and drive yours you can wear a space suit and full body armor if you want. You can wear what you want, I can wear what I want, Dave can wear what he wants, Billy can wear what he wants and so on. But seriously, when I enter an actual race or start pushing some limits, I’ll put the doors on; Crosskart Build #27: Windshield and Doors kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y2ezhWODdtp6pJo

[@justgrazza4638]

Aviators - gotta love them.@@KJRaycing

[@timothywilliams2021]

Dude you'd hate me. I couldn't care less about PPE. I don't even own a helmet or driving gloves and ride atv's daily. My truck has a big block only lap belts and no airbags. I could spend a day listing stuff like this but would rather spend my time building thing's than tearing into somone elese over their personal choices.

[@billycolwell4263]

​@@KJRaycinghandled that well. Hope you didn't hurt his whittle feelings.