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Fabrication and Manufacturing of Go-Kart

with Effective Time Saving, for Beginner

Jignesh Laxman Fadale Deshmukh Mahesh Bhaskar

Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering,
J.C.O.E. (Kuran), J.C.O.E. (Kuran),
Pune University, Pune University,
Maharashtra (Pune), India. Maharashtra (Pune), India.

Pawar Ravi Abu Zine Ajay Bharat

Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering,
J.C.O.E. (Kuran), J.C.O.E. (Kuran),
Pune University, Pune University,
Maharashtra (Pune), India. Maharashtra (Pune), India.

Abstract— Go-Kart racing is running and constantly This matching process affects manufacturing and fabrication
growing concept all over the world. Go-Kart is four wheeled time of project. Delay in fabrication and manufacturing result
vehicle designed for racing and in some countries for enjoyment in cost increasing in unwanted location of project activity
purpose only. It is neither factory made product nor path.
professional engineers made product. Kart racing is accepted as
most economic form of racing. As a free time, it can be II. PARTS OF GO-KART
performed by anyone with permitted license from age of 10 Go-Kart consists of various parts are as follows:
onwards. It is bridge between theoretical knowledge and 1. Chassis
practical knowledge. It is fun activity. We have designed, 2. Engine and Power Transmission System
fabricated and manufactured of Go-Kart for racing application.
3. Steering Assembly
The project includes design of ideas, imaginary concept,
designing, analysis, teamwork, project management and 4. Breaking System
development, costing and budgeting. The main objective of car 5. Electrical wiring and Engine wiring
is to make that car within a time, without any loss of time. So the
remaining time can be utilized to increases the performance of III. CHASSIS
car to get better result in racing. Most of time is wasted in A. Material selection
manufacturing and fabricating various parts of car. There are
Various materials are available to manufacture Go-
various reason that we have founded such availability of
machinery, availability of electricity, skill person etc. which Kart chassis but focusing on competition list of material
affect vastly the completion time of project. But there are can be preferred by using different research papers. From
several locations of project where without affecting it we can research papers and rulebook our team has selected
maintain performance of project and achieve desirable project AISI1018 (American Iron and Steel Institute-1018)
within time. material because of better mechanical properties
compared with other material properties.
I. INTRODUCTION
Go-Kart is four wheeled racing car used by anyone and B. Designing and Analysis
made by professional and non-professional person also.
Driver in Go-Kart may or may not be professional. They
denote Formula1 car in manners of speed but it is less costly. Fig. 1, ANYSIS model of Go-Kart Chassis
They are widely used for racing in America and now
increasing its craze in India because of cost effectiveness and
racing thrill. Go-kart is simple, lightweight and easy to
operate. Most of Go-kart used simple mechanical principle to
manufacture its body. As craziness increases new participate
introduce itself in competition. Each team is challenged to the
many positive and negative aspects throughout the design
process to achieve the exact solutions. We decided to stay
focus on the event because of high point value. This was our
first time , so the questions were in front of us such as how
many time design will consume?, how many time
manufacturing will consume?, what will be cost of project?,
because most of new comers in competition face the problem Fig. 1. ANSYS Model of Go-Kart Chassis
of matching the design model with actual model in less error.

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We done design on CREO, CATIA, AUTO-CAD, C. Mounting Assembly

softwares and analysis using ANSYS softwares by In competition, we can modify engine but lack of
appling 1 ton load on front , rare and both side of chassis . time our team avoided this and focused on mounting of
This gives safe result for chassis. engine and transmission system which done by welding, it
required 15 min and assembling the component require 30
C. Manufacturing min. This section is possible if we made all mounting
To avoid time spending on Hydraulic press and accessories and it requires 1hr 30 min.
overcome its unavailability our team has used welding
only which include Oxy-Acetylene welding and Arc V. STEERNING ASSEMBLY
welding. This process required 1hr 35 min. Steering Assembly is third part of Go-Kart, which is
helpful to get control on car during running condition.
IV. ENGINE AND POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM Steering assembly consist of following parts
A. Engine 1. Tie rod
2. Steering Base plate
Engine is selected on basis of following parameter
1. Leading OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer). 3. Knuckle
2. Diesel Engine vs. Petrol Engine. 4. Steering Wheel
5. Tyres
3. Easy availability of part.
6. Steering Wheel rod
TABLE I. SELECTION OF ENGINE 7. Nut and Bolt
Out of the above mentioned component Tie rod
Vehicle Engine Capacity, Top Speed, Torque,
dimension depends on position of knuckle and Steering
Cubic-centimeter Kilometer/hour Newton. base plate. We can borrow standard nut and bolt as well as
(cc) (km/hr) Meter steering wheel from market so that we can save our time
(N.m) but our team has manufactured wheel base plate and
knuckle.
ACTIVA 109.0 85.5 8.74
DURO 124.6 83 9.00 TABLE IV. STREENG DIMENSION

CB Shine 124.7 93 10.30

Element Name Values

B. Power Transmission System Camber angle 50

Caster angle 50
TABLE II. ENGINE PARAMETER Inner Turning Angle 370
Element Name Values Outer Turning Angle 25.860
Sprocket and Chain Pitch 12.70 millimeter (mm) Turning Radius max 2.75 Meter(m)
Driving Sprocket Teeth 14 King pin Inclination 50
Driven Sprocket Teeth 41 Tie rod length 750 Millimeter (mm)
Reduction ratio 0.34 Steer wheel diameter 310 Millimeter (mm)
Centre to Centre Distance 380 millimeter (mm) Force to steering 50 N
Chain Length 1160 millimeter (mm)
A. Wheel Base Plate and knuckle
TABLE III. CALCULATED PARAMETER These two parts takes 3 hour to complete and whole
assembly take 30 min to mount exactly.
Desired Element Name Values
Gear ratio 2.93
No. of teeth on driven gear 41
VI. BREAKING SYSTEM
No. of teeth on driving gear 14 In competition breaking system is very important
part, without it car cannot be controlled to make it at
Tractive force 2746.8 Newton (N)
stationary condition. Our team has brought standard part
Acceleration 13.73 Meter/second (m/s) from market such as Break disk, Break caliper, and other
Minimum time to Accelerate 1.82 Second component of system. For assembling the system team
Pwheel 7.8 Kilo-Watt (KW) required 30 min only.
Torque ( Twheel ) 28.99 Newton. Meter (N.m)

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VII. ELECTRICAL WIRINGN AND ENGINE WIRING REFERENCES

[1] Abhijit Padhi ,Ansuman Joshi, Hitesh N ,Rakesh C, “Increase
This part required 2 hours as it is tough and very
Factor of Safety of Go-Kart Chassis during Front Impact
important part. Analysis,” International Journal for Innovative Research in
Science & Technology, Volume 3, Issue 04, September 2016.
VIII. SUMMERY
[2] Mr.Virendra.s.Pattanshetti, “Design and analysis of Go kart
TABLE V. TOTAL TIME SUMMERY chassis,” International Journal of Mechanical and Industrial
Section Name Time Required
Technology, Vol. 4, Issue 1, pp: (150-164), April 2016 -
Chassis 1 hr 35 min
Engine and power transmission system 2 hr 15 min September 2016.
Steering Assembly 3 hr 30 min [3] Prashant thakare, “Design and Analysis of tubular chassis of
Breaking System 30 min Go-kart,” International Journal of Research in Engineering and
Wiring 2 hr Technology ,Volume 05, p: 2321-7308 , issue: 10 ,oct-2016.
Total 9 hr 50 min
[4] D. Raghunandan , “Design and Analysis of Go-Kart chassis ,”
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Above table is summery of total time required to
Technology, November, 2016.
complete project. Above listed table is valid if and only if
we have continuous electricity for running machinery and [5] Simranjeet singh , “ Design and Fabrication of Race Spec Go-
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IX. CONCLUSION [6] Abhinay Nilawar, Harmeet singh Nannade, “Design of Go-
In this way our team which was beginner for Go- Kart,” International Journal for Engineering Applications and
Kart racing championship 2016-17 completed this project Technology,2016.
with least time of 9 hr 50 min. It means that our team has [7] Aritra Nath, “Design and Fabrication of a Go Kart,”
completed this project within less than half day. Above International Journal of Innovative Research in Science,
mention time is working time only it does not contributed Engineering and Technology, Vol. 4, Issue 9,, Print : 2347-
time wasted in part collection also the other time such as 6710, September 2015.
machine failure , load sheading period of government in [8] Go-Kart Rulebook 2016-2017
project development area etc. in that case project will
consume more time to finish , so beginner should consider
this parameter before starting the project.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
We are very thankful to all MECH-CHEETHA
members for their contribution in completing project.
Also we are very much grateful to Prof.N.U.Gunjal,
Prof.G.N.Kadam and Prof.G.G.Karpe for supporting us in
project.

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