Daval

building a go-kart is a very expensive hobby.

As Shakran said - go to the local track where people race and check out the culture first of all. From my experience here in Ontario its a pretty tight nit community and people are freindly.

Next. By a used go-kart for parts and frame. This is the best thing to do.

After that you start fixxing it up and replacing the parts as you can - you can often get very good quality used parts from that racers at good prices. The parts will be fine for a hobbyist but no longer good for a racer so they may unload these.

Ebay can also be your freind to find decent componants.

For a frame I would recomment a Birel, they are the standard of the industry.

Go-Karting is a very expensive hobby. Something will always break or need to be replaced when one of your dumbass freinds spins out or crashes - even tyres can be $40/each.

Make sure you have deep pockets. Go-Karting is a great hobby and you'll have a great time, but its not cheap.

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