1987 Margay Lynx AC

[sam bennett]

I'm a bit at odds with myself over what to do with exhausts? I'll spend weeks prepping some parts for chrome, but can't find the motivation to do the same for pipes. What I've done here is strip the painted pipe and removed the as much of the light carbon as I can in a caustic bath. Sometimes it all comes out and other times it doesn't. Then I soak in acid for a 8-12 hours to remove the rust and then back in the caustic to neutralize. From here I grind and polish the pipe, but not to the extent of the other parts.
The header and flex are just burnished. 



I think this picture is of the throttle and brake rods I made up from some 1/4 cold. I haven't owned a kart yet that didn't need a new set.



Although I made a new floor pan, I used the original bat wings which were kinda rough. 
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Both Enginetics MC and Caliper had some internal corrosion and needed full rebuilds.