Working on the Off Road Racing Shifter Kart - Part 5

[@musicauthority674]

I noticed that you mentioned that you were tired. and that's something you normally never do. being only one person as a content provider? I hope you aren't over doing it? that's a lot of hard work for one person to do. you have to remember your health. after all we want to have you around for a long time giving this great content. I think I can speak for everyone. when I say I appreciate all your effort, and hard work, and integrity. that you put into your content thanks Chris.

[@stevebloke5455]

too right!! im sure we can survive a week or tow with out a video if it means rest and recuperation.. great videos as usual.

[@matthewsumrall4625]

the trust in those saw horses is next level

[@jcthe2nd]

he built them

[@redneckracing674.5]

hopefully the camera is on when they fail

[@OmnieStar]

You gotta get one of those up and down desk sponsors, so you can make a table that goes up and down, so you don't have to stand up on stuff while pulling engines and what not lol

[@CaribouKH]

"This is all I got done.." man you are waaay too hard on yourself. (Been trying to build a sofa frame for 3 weeks 😅) For myt money this looks awesome and the suspension test at the end... chef's kiss!

[@throwawaypt2throwawaypt2-xp8nx]

the thing is, this is his day job , so his progress is kinda necessary for a paycheck. where as ur couch is done for fun/leisure

[@jetink600]

​@@throwawaypt2throwawaypt2-xp8nxbuilding this stuff is his day job?

[@ManiacRacing]

As a 65 year old retired welder/fabricator, I strongly urge you to ALWAYS cover bare skin! Even when it's hot and wearing sleeves sucks. Because when you get to my age, you DON'T want the increased chances for skin cancer, and the liver spots, wrinkles, moles and other assorted deformities that come from UV exposure. I have a vee on my chest from all the years of open shirt welding that will never go away, and my doctors tell me I already have abnormalities from the damage. I know, I know. I sound like a safety karen. But trust me bro. Better safe than sorry! Skin cancer is DEADLY and it can cause some really bad stuff to happen to your body. Ask ANY old welder still alive and they will tell you the same thing. COVER UP WHEN WELDING! It is NOT like a normal day in the sun!

[@kenadams5504]

If sunburn alone can give us skin cancer , then so can the uv light from a welder .Would you believe that every second male in developed countries will get cancer at some point in their life !?.

[@kaidare4701]

Factory welder here and we are straight up not allowed to weld unless we have all skin covered in cotton or better

[@gokartbob6478]

Time stamp 10:20

[@cringram1003]

Agree, don't waste your time on him he's like a 10 year old.

[@Del350K4]

I'm guilty of doing this - whether or not Chris takes your advice, sir, I will.

[@dh420gjr]

Always wanted someone to make an off road shifter. Well done. So far

[@Ruckusracing-777]

what about the carsandcamras "yard dart"

[@wll1500]

Happy to see you still going at it. Hope you know how much of an inspiration you've been

[@Ratkill9000]

I had done some practice welding yesterday, since it had been over a decade since I had really done any. Put it this way, I'm so rusty, that if I were a vehicle, it would look like it had spent its whole life in a salt pit. Trying to talk my wife into allowing me to get the new Lincoln 180i Sprinter TIG/Stick welder. Since I could use a stick welder and I need to brush up on my TIG welding skills since I hadn't used those since 2012 when I was in trade school for welding. It is also nice to see more wearing filtered masks while welding. Even though it is mostly mild steel, there is still some harsh things we could end up breathing in while welding. Now this is more important when doing stainless steel and galvanized, but you should never put your health at risk.

[@daner.d]

you must like doing a lot of extra work, throw a coat of primer on it while it all apart cause your going to leave it out side then it will rust and you'll have to wire wheel it all over again, at least if you have to weld just clean that spot and when you go to paint just a quick wipe and your good. it's better than having to do stuff twice or three times even. move rear brake to the back of bracket

[@PatriotPainter]

That's going to be one badass garden tractor!

[@vancemacd6315]

You cant always make top notch content but your doin better then most. Your viewers arent going anywhere bro.

[@jamaicatvtv4215]

ALL GOOD rather B welding

[@GrumpyShihTzu]

A short video is better than no video.

[@musicauthority674]

I like your research and development at the end this video. a real simple but effective way to test the suspension. you go about working on your projects a little differently than I do. you like to take breaks from the main project and go back and work on previous projects. that's okay but it's different for me. if I went back to work on previous projects? I might not ever return to the main project? which makes it so I have to stay on the main project until it's finished. I guess that comes from working on other people's cars. When I work on a customers car I have finish it as quickly as possible. so they can have their car back. you always have to keep the customer happy. I guess if they were my projects I could take breaks from them? so I wouldn't have the monotony of working on the same project for a long time. so I can see your point of view. keep Up the great work.

[@isreelwalker6032]

All that hard work you doing man an you let get rust please start paint you builds man I been watch you for ever when u first start we all love your build N you got mad fabrication skills

[@darthgbc363]

I'm liking the One-Legger Suspension. Hope it works good.

[@Wardragod]

if you're done with the welding you could have painted it, save the tare down later, or are you waiting to see if you need to make any adjustments before painting?

[@Ratkill9000]

It's been his thing since he started the channel, weld it together, test it multiple times, rebuild, test more, then paint. If there are any mods he needs to make, better to do it when its bare metal and not painted. Saves a lot of time than trying to have to sand the paint off, cut, and weld.

[@brandenwilson5586]

Awesome suspension test!

[@trevorleonardo867]

Need to start painting the frames

[@jerrywilcox9890]

He never paint the frame till it's done.

[@skipsterz]

Yeah, he hasn’t painted one in a looooong time. Maybe time to finish one of the projects, I think he’s got at least 4 going rn. This thing, the mini Baja Bug, the mini trophy truck and the mini rock crawler.

[@jerrywilcox9890]

@skipsterz he does what he wants to to do not what you want him to do.

[@jerrywilcox9890]

@@skipsterz he can have as many projects going as he wants he doesn't need anyone's permission.

[@skipsterz]

@@jerrywilcox9890 just giving the reason he hasn’t painted them…they aren’t done. This a fab channel and a great one at that. If the projects get done then they don’t provide new fab content.

[@mattus1gig]

Love the squishy suspension 😁👍

[@theone2be33]

Thanx for checking in with us

[@peterdawson7775]

That's looking good 🎉 ( good way to test the suspension at the end of the video 😎).

[@joebufford2972]

I can't wait to see what this one turns out to be! 🙂

[@charliehahn1139]

Chris, I love your content on your channel and look forward to your videos every weekend. And don’t get me wrong I love all the off-road vehicles you build but something caught my eye recently. There’s another KZbinr who builds vehicles on his channel and recently he started building a f1 style build. I would love to see your spin on a build like this. I think you would knock it out of the park! Keep build. Keep innovating. And you have all the support of your fans. You da man!

[@johnmorgan1629]

Chris those new saw-horses your gonna get can't come soon enough, they were rocking bad without your climbing on the kart and jumping on it.

[@ezmac622]

I would have coated it with something before reassemble. It will flash rust quickly.

[@jerrywilcox9890]

He doesn't care if it flash rust he just clean it off when he paints it he never paints them till it's done.

[@cthulhu8977]

Pretty sure this project is going to throw the back chain the second you hit a bump with only 1 wheel. Axel sprocket will twist out of plane with the one on the jack shaft?

[@miketriesmotorsports6080]

As I'm watching this, I'm sweating my caboose off in a welding jacket. But I'd rather that than a UVA, UVB, and UVC sunburn! Watch those rays, my dude. I think you can wear sunscreen if the jacket is too hot. Great video! Keep it up!

[@geoffburrill9850]

Looking great. I d move that silencer as something knocking everytime you go over a large bump is really going to be annoying. Excellent work.

[@JoesRcAdventures]

You're definitely a good idea builder.. ABSOLUTELY love your ideas and designs of welds and runs 💪😁🤘

[@davidalderman5496]

I can't be the only one who is super curious how he's going to keep a chain on that rear drive axle.

[@bikescarsandmore6156]

I speak for a lot of us Chris, I know it ain’t cheap especially these days, but I wanna see a shop upgrade or expansion of ur current shop! 🤙🔥💪

[@davidowen888]

Excellent ! its coming rite along 👍☮️

[@krazed0451]

A well tuned stinger length gives exhaust gas velocity and works in conjunction with the expansion chamber, the stinger on your exhaust is likely going to cause the engine to be doughy. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news! Run it and see how it feels, at least you'll know where to look if it's running poorly.

[@jerrywilcox9890]

Thats the stock pipe lol

[@jerrywilcox9890]

It will run just fine.that engine has been in other projects and ran just fine.

[@krazed0451]

@@jerrywilcox9890 Mate, that's the stock expansion chamber perhaps, but it's most certainly not the stock stinger. I suggest you do some reading on 2 stroke pipe tuning in relation to stinger length... The stinger is the pipe after the expansion chamber, before the silencer. The silencer in question is most certainly aftermarket.

[@musicauthority674]

The reason for the stringer in the first place, is to cause a slight amount of back pressure in the exhaust system. a slight amount of back pressure is necessary for low end torque. that's the same on all exhaust systems. but with two stroke engines. the length of the stringer is dependent on various factors. such as engine size and how that particular engine is being used. a person would think the more free flowing the exhaust systems is the better.? and it is at high RPMs. but that's not the case at low RPMs. the more free flowing the exhaust systems is. the less low end torque the engine will have. and two stroke engines have a power band. and the length of the stinger determins where the power band is in relation to engine RPMs. if there isn't enough low end torque the engine won't have enough low end grunt? or in other words enough torque at low RPMs. not enough back pressure will result in not enough low end grunt. which is in the RPM range idle to around 1500 RPMs. making the vehicle not pull very good in this RPM range. I worked in a muffler shop. and did an experiment on a 1985 Ford Bronco II that I have. I put a three inch exhaust system on it. and found out it doesn't have enough low end torque. meaning it doesn't pull as good as should right off the line. which means I can't take off from a standing stop without giving it some gas. it will stall when ingauging the clutch at idle. which means I have to use the throttle more than I used to to take off from a standing stop.

[@krazed0451]

@@musicauthority674 Exactly, they are a tuned length, a stinger as long as the one on this cart will likely result in a very flat power delivery and negate some/most of the advantages of the tuned expansion chamber. A 2 stroke exhaust is a lot like a musical instrument, if it's not tuned correctly it won't let the engine sing :-)

[@claytonphelps785]

I think it's gonna be totally awesome when you get it done but I'd change the steering to adjustable steering..take the 2 bars that are coming down at a V and put them in front of the steering shaft and make the front other bar pivot and lock wherever you want it for getting in & out easy also putting the steering down more for more comfortable driving

[@jimhowell4937]

Enjoy your builds. That exhaust though. Jeshhh. Ugliest girl in the bar. The Aardvark comes to mind.

[@jetink600]

I wonder how much these protects cost. I wish there was an expense break down on them

[@RAM7RO_BU1LD3]

You make everything look easy bro 😎 I would love to see you build a mini ripsaw 🔥

[@robertellis5207]

Keep up the videos bro, your builds are awesome. Can't wait to see what the future holds bro.

[@chris2414]

Racing Mower FTW!

[@krudlumpstv7854]

Love this project!

[@ricksavering957]

This thing is going to be a blast to rip!!!!!

[@ÁREAJ27]

O projeto ta show de mais amigo!!! Boa sorte sempre!!!

[@bfox87]

Sick build, turned out really good

[@FirstWeGame]

Super happy when I see your video in my notifications.

[@DIYWilly]

Hey love the videos! I’ve been watching this one from the beginning and I don’t remember if you said how you’re going to handle the chain. I’m assuming this is chain drive. With all the articulation on the rear suspension, how are you gonna keep the chain from coming apart? Thanks for sharing! Amazing builds!

[@president2]

Love it so much keep it up as always 💘

[@AllSpeed]

a set of welding sleeves help a lot

[@DirtRoadBoyz2]

Damn thing is gonna be rowdy!

[@Gunslinger320]

Your next video should be fixing the rear suspension issue to prevent future chai derailment...

[@craigxy1l]

you should do something with a golf cart for a future build. like a gas engine and 4x4 lol just a idea for ya!! anyways keep up the great work !!

[@gokartbob6478]

Love the suspension test😂

[@davessparetime83]

When full weld the frame and suspension you should paint it. If later if you have to make changes it is easy enough to sand the paint off and re pain it. I see all you guys that build projects always have rusty frames because you never got around to painting them.

[@jerrywilcox9890]

He never paints the frame till it's done he's said this many times

[@richardgregor8724]

Yeah it looks nice but I think it would look allot better as a boxed vehicle around the radiators just something to think about and also to protect them you know what I mean? Keep up the very nice work Chris!

[@apex1080]

You should spra everything with that weldable paint when reasembling keep the rust down easy peasy

[@itarry4]

Nah we get a over long video of you driving around in one of your vehicles, which if I'm being honest I'm not really interested in but each to their own. Then a really short video of you building which are, in my opinion, what we should be getting longer videos on if anything. This channel was built on you constructing your various machines not you driving. Either way good to see you back doing what you do best.

[@davestevens4263]

Are you really complaining about this ! Unreal

[@eriklarson9137]

Imagine knowing as much as you do, but doing nothing with it? You have zero videos but you are giving advice to Chris about how he should run his channel. Oof.

[@musicauthority674]

I believe the videos of him operating the projects are necessary. since the idea of building the projects is to see how they perform. in the end I would think that his viewers like to see how the builds perform. after all it wouldn't be right for him to build a project. and not show how it performs and just park it after it's finished. it's his and our reward for all the hard work he puts into his projects. it would be like listening to music in stereo and only receiving one channel of sound. as for the length of the videos. I don't think any content provider can determine how long or short their videos are going to be. a lot of factors are in play that would determine that. myself the maximum length of a video is about one hour before my attention span runs out.

[@itarry4]

@@musicauthority674 I've no issues with him showing himself driving the vehicles he makes, it was the length of the video especially compared with some of his building videos like this one which are occasionally really short. As I said in my comment the channel was built on watching him work on and build the vehicles not on watching him drive them and I just think 1hr 30 mins was overly long to watch him drive around especially when followed by a video 15 mins long of the actual subject that nearly every subscriber, if not all of them have subbed to see, him work on and build the vehicles.

[@musicauthority674]

@@itarry4 I addressed in my reply that a content provider really can't determine how long a video is going to be. there are a lot of factors involved with the length of a video. logically a person can't say that all their build videos would be longer than the driving videos. he has had driving videos that were short also. he could edit his videos for time. but I think he makes his videos. with the thought that he wants his viewers to see as much of the content as possible. wether it's good, bad, or otherwise. and if they don't care for it it's their choice to continue watching or not. because there are some viewers may want to watch a certain piece of footage. that another person may not. and this is hypothetically speaking, one person might enjoy watching a wheel fall off a build. whereas another viewer might not. but it's not right to deprive one viewer of that and not another viewer. that's just my opinion.

[@craigjones2015]

Should paint it first black frame

[@ChristianPareATLAS]

Another project you can do is a mini jet boat like Grind Hard Plumbing did and go race them or invite them to race you 😊

[@Gixie-R]

Stick a rubber bump stop on the shock shaft to stop the calliper hitting the Pipe, Dont need much... Half inch maybe.

[@razmuzl5198]

Would be cool to see you make a timbersled, like using the track from a snowmobile and building the kit yourself not just putting on a premade kit like most people do

[@garrettschenker566]

I few things that might help the appearance of the build are if you tilted the radiators back alittle instead of them standing perfectly straight up and down. Another thing if you cut the expansion pipe around 8” from the head you could rotate the pipe and not have the exhaust so high and be the main center of attention. Really cool project though your the man. Also if you sprayed your projects with weld through primer you wouldn’t have so much surface rust and constantly have to clean them up and it allows you to make changes and paint and when done without have to spend hours wire wheeling. Just some food for thought.

[@gideonvanniekerk4252]

Love the goofy look

[@joebufford2972]

Watching you do the stuff and succeed and fail that's part of the scientific whatchamacallit.

[@bryandhispup]

The suspense of the realization of the rear drivetrain binding issues is killing me. I know it's been called out several times.

[@DougKulak]

I know, I kept thinking he was going to catch it in this video... Wait another week, we must.

[@DetroitMicroSound]

You need to get Steel-It to sponsor you, and spray it on everything you build.

[@TuttleScott]

I think it has a great retro indy car look to it. it'd be nice if you could put something on to protect those radiators like expanded metal in front of them.

[@alainschneller2157]

amazing as usual !!!

[@josephcefalu176]

Sick bro

[@LegendProd1gy]

Petition to rename it the “off road mower build” lol

[@chrislorenz4468]

That's what I'm saying put a tractor hood on it might make it look better idk

[@trailerparkcowboy]

This

[@EngineeredToDesign]

That would be cool!

[@torstenpersson5629]

I wish that I had an ounce (28.35 grams) of your energy! Well done!

[@zoomert1204]

I vote you put a mower hood on it. Some old metal long hood.

[@ColonelC61]

Came here to say the same thing.

[@throwawaypt2throwawaypt2-xp8nx]

this^

[@liamunderwood3115]

100% needs a mower hood

[@ChristianPareATLAS]

It looks rads 😂 Seriously neat 👌 😀 😅 Well balanced 2 radiators

[@johnsterling5611]

Think about putting a cage around the radiator with diamond mesh to keep it from damage.

[@jjferrari306]

does anyone else see the problem with the final chain drive?? the rear axle will twist the chain, it'll be hard to keep it on the sprocket .

[@Charles-qw5ug]

Yea I commented pretty much the same thing

[@Ratkill9000]

If you look at mini trophy karts that kids race, those have pretty much the exact same setup.

[@Charles-qw5ug]

@@Ratkill9000 on those carts the sprocket is close to the center of the cart the angle of the sprocket / or \ isn’t as bad when the suspension flexes. The further you move the sprocket out from the center the more the sprocket will angle when the suspension flexes.

[@andreafranceschini3889]

Really nice build, but I think that pipe from expansion chamber to the muffler is too long, you will lose some power, but it looks really cool with that rear muffler near the seat

[@darthgbc363]

Life happens. After weld & clean, you should do paint.

[@jz64]

U need to paint it after you weld it .

[@brunaogemeplay2439]

still eager to see a project from you where dont use chain drive to power the wheels,i know drive shafts and diffs add to the cost but it seems the chain drive compromises the project a bit much especially on this one

[@Charles-qw5ug]

Be careful with the rear end setup don’t let it have to much travel. With the way it’s setup if the pulling side goes up and the brake side goes down your sprocket ⚙️ will be like this \ and could cause your chain to slip off.

[@taspiderman1]

i think its going to throw the chain with that set up

[@tinygriffy]

I can only urge everyone who is relatively new to the channel to search for "Building A YZ85 shifter kart" here on this channel .. unfortunately there is no playlist from of this awesome series ;)

[@ricky-d23-morrison]

I what to see you make another power wheels build please after you are done building this one

[@erickvond6825]

Yeah, you've got to watch those welding sunburns. A friend of mine lost an arm to cancer because he wasn't careful enough. There weren't even any outward signs that he had skin cancer until it got into the muscle tissue. Now we call him stumpy. He's not too fond of that...

[@larrypatton6719]

Why don’t you paint the metal to keep it from rusting?

[@Rattus-Norvegicus]

You do you Chris, we're all just here for the ride. Speaking of new projects though, I was meaning to ask. When you are planning out a project, do you draw up plans, or do you just start with a basic idea and run with it? What's your process?

[@squiduardsquarepants568]

I know you can build mini solid axles. Maybe next project a true mini rock bouncer. Solid axles. If anyone can or will it's you bro. Thanks.

[@Peterecgfxdg-]

Why not paint the frame after welding?

[@Ratkill9000]

It's been his thing for years since he started and it make sense why he does it the way he does. He builds it, drives it to its breaking points, fixes, tests it more, make modifications if needed, tests, and then cleans it up and paints. It ends up saving him more time, since you really need to clean off the paint several inches back from the welded areas, to 1 prevent contamination of the weld and 2 and probably the most important thing, prevent having to breathe in burning paint fumes. Yeah he is wearing a filtered mask, but rather be safe than sorry.

[@isaacclark6749]

I think your going to have to try doubling (at least) the diameter of the pipe going between the expansion chamber and silencer.

[@johnramos8424]

that a strong table 😂

[@kmathers101]

Ive watched lots of your videos from the early days of angry neighbor, and your old homemade lathe, all good. I just realized im not subscribed. I apologize and subbed. You make some amazing things outa that shed.

[@SteveJohnson-uu9ew]

Let's all expect 20' rooster tails! Lol

[@NamacilHDx]

Don't stress yourself over having times where you don't have as much time

[@stevewade3313]

For a front engine shifter cart like this I think an air cooled engine like a blaster or older bike engine would have been a better option. No radiators to deal with.

[@j.r.graham6117]

Do you think that if you put a universal joint in the jack shaft connected to the drive sprocket that it could articulate with the rear swing arm?

[@BLECHHAUS]

That's a really cool car you're building and the craftsmanship is really remarkable! But let me ask you a question: is there no differential gear on the rear axle or is it not necessary?

[@Wulfmoon9]

Kind of looking like a racing lawnmower.

[@Crooked...]

Maybe if you angle the radiators back somewhat, they will look less bulky.

[@AdamCole0112]

As a lifetime rider of all things. It seems to me as though the position of your steering wheel won’t leave you with much too hold on when clutching out of a corner. I guess seating position would also be a factor?

[@darrenbauer4985]

Can you do something about the exhaust being so high? Cut it and angle it down?

[@alfredoalvarez4259]

You should try building a miniature rat rod