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**Sh00t em Up** · May 8th, 08:21 PM

Me and 3 of my friends are bascially putting plywood armor over a go kart. We have a turret in progress and are making gun ports, and fiber glass windows, i will have pictures up soon.

***frozenboogerman*** · May 8th, 08:34 PM

uuuuuuum if your planning to take this to scenarios it may not be leagal because many have a rule that tanks can only go 5 mph or somthing like that

**Sh00t em Up** · May 9th, 07:31 PM

yea it only goes about 4-6 mph.

***soilentgreen*** · May 9th, 07:45 PM

yeah the rule is walking speed

**Sh00t em Up** · May 9th, 07:55 PM

right now it barely moves because we use 3/4 inch plywood we are gonna change it to 1/4 inch.

***doobster*** · May 9th, 07:57 PM

There is a whole nother type of paintball were people used things such as this.

SPECK · May 10th, 11:41 AM

Sounds cool. We are building one this summer maybe. It will be a dune buggy though probably.

***soilentgreen*** · May 10th, 06:23 PM

nice

that kind of makes me want a dune buggy and some time

**hunt15** · May 14th, 08:58 PM

im so jelous post those pics i wanna c it lol u should make a lil movie to sho "real time" speed haha

**Sh00t em Up** · May 15th, 11:22 AM

I will take a picture next weekend probably cause it's my friends go-kart and it is at his house. when I take them it will be with the 3/4 inch ply wood and no turret, front or back. Plus the fiber glass isnt on it yet instead there are temporary wire mech wondows, lol.

**Baltour** · May 15th, 03:55 PM

If I were you, I wouldn't be using a gokart. At speeds like that, you WILL burn up the clutch. Maybe not today, maybe not tommorrow, but it will soon shatter. You have too much stress on a little motor and it will constantly be trying to grab. You's be better off trading it for a golf cart, or using an ATV Auto clutch engine+tranny from an older 3 wheeler or 4 wheeler.
But if you choose to not head my warning, good luck...

**Sh00t em Up** · May 15th, 03:59 PM

dude, the go-kart is kinda crappy anyways no one would trade it for an atv or golf cart.

EnergizerBunny · May 25th, 01:22 PM

pics?

**mooseman14** · June 4th, 08:43 PM

I want to do the same thing xept with a rider mower =p

Alpha · June 4th, 11:13 PM

Use plexiglass or lexian. Its about $20 more then plywood, but gives you visibility. Just drill holes near the edge and use lockties or wire to tie it down.

Mount a paintball gun in the front aiming straight forward, and on teh steering wheel, tape on a microswitch. Remove the microswitch from an e-clone and mount the marker to the front. Wire the microswitch from the steerign wheel to the marker mounted on the front. Hit the switch and it fires.

**AGD_kid** · June 4th, 11:25 PM

the main problem you would have is that people shoot you, alot. Your tank walker could clean that for you , but be sure to have a bucket with water and something to wipe with built onto the out side.

Alpha · June 5th, 12:11 AM

Install windshield wipers.

***soilentgreen*** · June 5th, 09:41 PM

and hav a squirt bottle or some thing so the wipers actually get paint of rather than just smearing it

**MikeBola** · June 5th, 10:51 PM

hmm... what are the specs on the engine?

I got an 18 HP tractor I'm kicking around (not really kicking around, but whatever. I gotta get rid of it so I can shove my new car in the barn) and although the engine's drive shaft is vert, it can be made horizontal with a cheap kit.

**Sh00t em Up** · June 6th, 05:26 PM

We gave up on it because his sister nearly got crushed by it. I can take a picture of the bunkers we made out of the plywood and the go-kart we were using if ya would like. The bunkers are woodsball bunkers and are pretty cool.