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GENERAL STUFF => GENERAL DISCUSSIONS => Car Related (any make, any model) => Topic started by: The Gonz on June 21, 2026, 03:59:36

Title: Car Related, any make? OK, how about DIRT KART?
Post by: The Gonz on June 21, 2026, 03:59:36
Our son has recently taken up dirt kart racing so, naturally, MR & Mrs G are now support crew.
We've decked out his Holden Rodeo ute with a new tray and the fibreglass canopy of a very close-matching Ford ute.

The inner sides of the tray now have aluminium rails for rolling the dirt kart's rack into position for transportation.
Under the rack is the space for a 6x3m gazebo, generator, compressor, fuel cans, etc.

I'm investing my engineering experience and 3D CAD and printing in modifications and am considering building a simple LED bargraph guage fed from an O2 sensor to help him dynamically tune his 2-stroke engine mid-race. We're also adopting a battery/starter motor-powered push trolley for his drop-starts on account of saving my back  :lol:
Title: Re: Car Related, any make? OK, how about DIRT KART?
Post by: Shambles on June 21, 2026, 09:20:12
 :weneedpics:
Title: Re: Car Related, any make? OK, how about DIRT KART?
Post by: The Gonz on June 24, 2026, 02:06:33
As requested, here are a few shots at various stages of development, not to mention the need for a final respray of the vehicle to do justice to the capability within, something like the semitrailer that carried K.I.T.T. around - am I right?  :lol:

(https://i.ibb.co/7t7J0W2Y/kr.png) (https://imgbb.com/)

(https://i.ibb.co/q3F65cGf/e.jpg) (https://ibb.co/NdnRSJhP)
(G Jnr in driver's suit in the background)

(https://i.ibb.co/7NRmqDSh/d.jpg) (https://ibb.co/n8nJFywp)
(https://i.ibb.co/wZ8zYGhs/a.jpg) (https://ibb.co/TDJgrjML)
(https://i.ibb.co/VYqCKvFQ/b.jpg) (https://ibb.co/MkC1XRzG)
(https://i.ibb.co/39Bc33j5/c.jpg) (https://ibb.co/HfnqSSbL)


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