08-16-2017, 12:54 PM
For myself, I don't worry too much about weight on a vintage kart.
My personal power to weight ratio is so bad, nothing I do on the kart is going to have a significant effect in any event.
Aluminum axles are notorious for bending if you have a little "off" or a bump, so it's steel for me all the way.
I have a similar floor/seat pan situation on my Kalifornia Nykes.
The First Edition (complete and on the track) still had a well-intact pan, so I left it as is. You can see this on the Member Colletions page here on the Forum.
The Second Edition (barely started with resto) has the front portion of the pan missing, so I will probably go with a tab-mounted floor pan, either aluminum or stainless. Then I will add a little reinforcement of the welded seat pan at about the location of the steering hoop. Forward of that the pan is flat, so I will end up with a combination of welded seat pan and bolted in floor pan.
Thoughts for your consideration......
My personal power to weight ratio is so bad, nothing I do on the kart is going to have a significant effect in any event.
Aluminum axles are notorious for bending if you have a little "off" or a bump, so it's steel for me all the way.
I have a similar floor/seat pan situation on my Kalifornia Nykes.
The First Edition (complete and on the track) still had a well-intact pan, so I left it as is. You can see this on the Member Colletions page here on the Forum.
The Second Edition (barely started with resto) has the front portion of the pan missing, so I will probably go with a tab-mounted floor pan, either aluminum or stainless. Then I will add a little reinforcement of the welded seat pan at about the location of the steering hoop. Forward of that the pan is flat, so I will end up with a combination of welded seat pan and bolted in floor pan.
Thoughts for your consideration......
Jim Waltz, West Sacramento, CA