I thought I'd post this up as I was talking about building these cars for a kids camp.
There's this amazing kids camp that sees about 250 kids attend for the whole week. This year theme is like the wacky races and they need some character cars (4) that are able to drive and carry adult weight.
Well, I was chatting with camp director and we talked about the cars that they are using for the drama at camp. He was going to use billy carts and he wanted me to motorize them.
I had a better idea. Scrap the billy karts and modify kids electric cars. At first I was going to use 49cc 2 stroke engines, but due to being a petrol engine you can't really use the cars indoors and the whole legal thing.
So electric it is. These cars will be modified to be used by the adult drama team.
I found a great web forum that deals with making these cars go hard using scooter motors. You know the one that granny uses around the mall.
Here's the plan. All cars will get the following
-36v motor chain driven
-36v controller. (enables soft start)
-Hall affect pedal
-3 x 12v 12ah gel type batteries
-Any other bling to ad character
-Rear drum brake
-Ignition key to prevent kids taking the cars
Here's the 4 cars so far.
The peg perego
I was given this car the other day. I haven't touch this one yet.
Buzz light year car
This car has some great lines to it, but I'm yet to start on this one.
Antique VW
I've got stuck into this car already. I've stretched the body, braced up the chassis and replace the axles and wheels with beafier items.
Power tech slammer
This car is mega cool. With an engine that revs and shakes just like a real V8. I've got stuck into this one already. The great thing about this car is that it already has a steel chassis and chain driven elctric motor and drum brakes. Here's some pictures.
I've done heaps more to this car, but I run out of light. I need to spray paint all the bits that i have welded and start wiring up the new engine and batteries.
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