How to Design Your Own Homemade Go-Cart

Sit in the middle of a large piece of drawing paper measuring 6 by 4 feet laid on a flat floor surface and stretch your legs. Using white chalk mark the distance between your feet and your back. This is the cabin space of your go-cart. Take a medium size automobile seat and place it in the space to mark the seat position.

Mark another point six inches from the back rest position and add another two feet to form the engine cabin space. Draw another point six inches from your feet position and add 2.5 feet to form the bonnet section. Select a point six inces from your footrest to show the position of the front axle and write it down.

Set a point 1.5 feet from the rear end to show the rear axle position. Place a T square on the hood section and draw both sides curving inwards slightly to make the front of the go-cart narrow. Give yourself a 1-foot space allowance between your chest and the steering wheel. Place the T square at this point connecting it to the front axle and draw a connecting line between these points.

Find the center of the rear and the front widths and connect the two points by drawing a line. Take a 90 degrees angle finder and using the center as the guiding line, draw all the widths of marked points from side to side to highlight them clearly. Measure all the tire spaces letting the rear tires be slightly larger than the front ones.

Make the outline drawings of the throttle and the brakes pedals; construct another line that symbolizes the brake cables and the tire connections then the throttle cable and its engine connection. Construct connecting lines from the rear width to the front widths remembering the point at which the sides start to curve inwards toward the front to form the main base plate.

Make a plan elevation of the roof including the roof mount positions on the hood and the engine. Place the side sections to mount the base plate then the roof to rest on the side plates. Decide where to place the front and the rear lights position, ensuring you make all the connecting cables run along the main frame assembly.

Transfer your sketch to an A-1 paper and make a scaled drawing of your initial sketch. Include the use of 2-inch diameter tubing for the main frame assembly and use gauge 4 aluminum plates for the cabin floor. Make a drawing plan of the front, rear, side and plan elevations to reveal all the sides, contours and the intended shape, parts and description. Give it a color of your choice using the main frame assembly as your base.