Power Wheel to faster pushy car.

 by rallyboy
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The green power wheel's conversion 001.JPG
If you are a green thinker who hates to throw anything away, then this is a great afternoon project for those of us who have kids, a broken power wheel, and broken lawnmowers. This is still a work in progress to the finished "rally Jeep" my daughter wants, but she was absolutely thrilled just the same.
 
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Step 1: Disasembly of those gas wasting old machines you have laying around.

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I had my niece, and my oldest daughter do some junk dis assembly while I worked on some other passive solar greenhouse projects that i will submit at a later time as instructables.
2 stroke says: Dec 4, 2010. 8:57 PM
now put a chainsaw engine on it to power it up
T3hpw9ag3 says: Dec 12, 2008. 3:20 PM
wow , lol get a better background on your front cover picture, IS THAT A YUGO?!!?!
rallyboy (author) in reply to T3hpw9ag3 Dec 12, 2008. 5:43 PM
It is an 84 VW rabbit GTI...so what's wrong with my blissful image of myself:)
The car in the background was my rally cross race car. It is being sorta rebuilt right now from the inside out, and then repainted. You can view some images of me racing in it on myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/rallyboys

just look at my photos if you are interested.
PKM says: Dec 8, 2008. 5:59 AM
Does the power wheel (I'm assuming that is the pink jeep contraption) still power the back wheels, or is it a downhill machine only? If it powers the back wheel, how do you transfer the power from the motor?
rallyboy (author) in reply to PKMDec 8, 2008. 6:30 AM
It is only a push car(derby style) for now, but I'm looking into picking up more broken kid's cars and lawnmowers to develop the concept a bit further. Essentially one could even make a pedal car out of one, but for now this one is a lightweight derby style speed machine. I will update this instructable once the brake assembly and finished body work is done.
Weissensteinburg says: Dec 7, 2008. 4:38 PM
So is the push from behind? Maybe you could cut out the floor and make it Flintstones style! Also, instead of replacing the front tires, maybe attach rubber to add friction?
rallyboy (author) in reply to WeissensteinburgDec 7, 2008. 7:32 PM
Yep, for now we are using the roll bars that came standard as a push bar, but I will be fabricating an ergonomic push bar from those old lawnmowers possibly next weekend along with some other additions, a new paint job, and some decal work. If one were to cut out the floor, it would be very difficult for the younger ones to position themselves, as well as, it would add some unsafe elements.
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