Death Kart
 

Welcome, I made a cbr F4I powered death kart in college.
http://uanews.opi.arizona.edu/node/6532

Nice,

Thats similar to what we built except on a low budget. If the motor blew up I didnt want to repair\replace it or have a lot invested. Cheap and fast but not all that safe. Its called the death Kart for a good reason!

Anyway Ill get some pics going so I can add stuff to my avatar.

What top speed did you have it up to?

I kept the stock 6 speed manual and it hauls ass. I can feel the frame twist when I shift it hard and its made of 2" square steel. :nana2:

Oh and its for sale if anyone is looking for a project. Need the space\funds for my mustang turbo project.

Put it up in the For Sale forum with pics yo.

This one was a very high budget car. It was my senior design project. There were ten of us on the team and it took about 1.5 years. THe frame was designed with adams, I used fluent to design the manifolds. Everything was one off. THe differential was a torsen unit, brakes willwood. THe frame was welded using 1.25" chromoly that was only .06" thick. Nose was Kevlar and side pods were carbon fiber.

As far as the motor it was a 2004 F4I with the stock transmission. The rear gear was like 80 teeth. It ran with a GT25 turbo and used E85. It made 70rwhp with a 18mm convergent divergent intake nozzle. It topped out at like 75mph, but with a good burnout (also got to fuck around with the shocks) it will lift the front end. It pulled 1.56 G's on the skidpad. 70rwhp 400lbms with way more brake and contact patch than any bike.

The tubing from the frame was donated, and raytheon sponsored the team. We participated in Mosoon program that won sunrace for the U of A; which got us access to endless supplies of CF and Kevlar. Somewhere I have a DVD full of pics from the build. I'll try to find it.:drink:

That sounds slick, you have to find pics :D

THe link was an article in the Wildcat. If you search in the U of A you will find some pics there too.

Imagine dropping a modern liter bike engine in there. I think the 09' R1 is 160WHP.

Well, I left immediately after graduation for OCS, but minus the restrictor it about doubled its power. The boost wasn't very high either maybe 8psig. A modern liter bike motor would not only be more powerfull, but it would be lighter. The only thing I would have changes was the gearing way too steep. We wanted a gear that would allow us to get into the powerband while on the tight SAE track, but shifting was insane. Never used first launched in second.

Where is said machine now?

I didn't notice the link earlier, but that's pretty cool stuff. Are you in the maroon shirt in the front or are you in the back row? It's hard to tell with the small picture.