Brian Madsen's Electric Kart Project

GoKart Projects & Restorations
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We are totally new to the hobby.

This is going to be a project over the next couple of years. This is from our first test on track the other day. We have made a “bolt on system” for the motor/drivetrain, that fits a standard gokart chassis.
At the moment the battery sits the same place as the petrol tank. In a 3d printet enclosure. In the next version I plan to make a split battery , so some of the weight is going to be on the left side.

We also both have bought a TAG kart to compare. But damn all that work everytime after a race. Rebuilds etc. Electric is so much more simple.

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Interesting. Those cells are on the heavy side, energy density wise, but possibly cheap depending on where you buy them. Well done so far!

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Yes… But have many many cycles , and do not burn as easy as lipo.

I did at test with 21700 Molicels (20s6p). That didnt go very well. For me now, its either lipo or spim08hp that i’m using right now.

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@Silverline I broke this off into a separate topic so you have your own space to talk about it. Looking forward to the updates.

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Sorry for hijacking the thread.
But I have No plans for a build thread right now. Feel free to delete this topic.

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I’m sure lots of us would love to follow your progress so hopefully you’ll change your mind.

I didn’t think of It as a hijack moreso figured it was deserving of its own topic because it’s a cool project.

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90mph was the maximum speed? It seems to be very quick comparing to a shifter kart once it is just a single gear.