$20 Rust Bucket into Kick $$$ Go Kart W/ Harbor Freight 212

Tear down, rebuild, and restoring an old rusty go kart frame into a sweet 2 seater go cart.
I went all out on this one including front and rear racing slicks tires, live axle, new brake, seat, and of course a brand new predator 212 engine.

Tools and Supplies I used:

Here is my price breakdown of what everything cost: I did have most of these parts and or were left over from previous builds. Be creative!
Frame w/ extra motor and wheels: $100
Sold the Honda Engine and wheels for ($120)!
Bearing Kit: $25
Axel: $35
Brake Drum Kit: $40
Sproket Kit: $35
Paint: $40
Pedals: and cables: $25
ACM: $40
Foam: $35
Seat Vinyl: $20
Clutch and Chain: $25
Predator 212 Engine: $150
Used wheels from karting store: $60
Miscellaneous Parts (Bolts, cables, switches): $20

[-DIYPRO-]

Favorite project of the year!
Thanks!

[Fireball-lzpp]

I had a Blue Thunder cart with the orange Flag lol as a kid 🥹

[RRRRRRandy]

That is one beautiful machine. Great job and thanks for the effort.

[GUETPA]

@10:35 AHHHH excellent use of your Missouri metric wrench (Crescent wrench)...just wondering how many kids just said wow I never thought to do that

[mgpmbass]

Awesome build! It reminds me of the old Lime Limo go-kart from back in the day.

[garya]

I know it goes outside the DIY boundaries but I've done a few tanker desk restos, and they were in a similar rust/paint as this cart and I indeed did the first as you did with scraping/sanding and chemical stoppers but then I found a chem dip place. 120$ to chem dip/e-coat a whole desk which was worth it 10 fold. Just figured I'd mention it for others if they wanted to save hours and still have fun with the building/modding diy stuff.

[ZzZ-qdzo]

Great video, I have a special place in my heart for creators who understand the power of Harbor Freight tools. But you gotta step up your paint game! Rust reforming primer, and not marking paint obviously 😂

[mikeschmidt]

Really helpful video. I appreciate it as I'm building a two seater this year for the kids.

[nerdsector]

Seems the Luigi Kart from Mario Kart 64. Nice work!!!

[Rotationonetwisted]

We have the exact same go cart we built ares like you built yours we put a live axle ares is black it’s got lites and it is black we mounted are axil a little different and we have drum brake and a 212preditor

[Jack]

you should do a small 2 seat buggy with a 400-600 cc engine with some sort of manual gears or cvt and include light, brakes, and other stuff

[TheDogman]

Do you think a harbor freight welder could make a small diy mill and diy lathe???

[Eugene-jw]

I liked your video good luck keeping your kids off it 😅😅😅😅

[smorensmigginsB]

Where did you get the wheel hubs? I am building a go cart and am having trouble finding good ones

[mikeschmidt]

I'm happy I watched this video, because I would have bought that marking paint for the bitchin color.

[defomatt]

Oh no. I feel for ya on the catastrophe of using marking paint. That’s a bad deal. Sorry that happened to you

[ブロキーさん]

you sound like the youtuber named "project Farm"
its very similar

[ryamirider]

Where do you get a live axle kit for $65

[mrWantsMxParts]

Hey! I was wondering if you had any spare or broken engines because im trying to build my own gas bike or Gokart but don’t have an engine even a chainsaw motor! Thanks

[chriskerwin]

I cant find frames dor under 200 ap thats prettg good by the timeu build back out ur in another 300 easy