The Go-Kart thread

**scared2mosh** · 05-20-2008, 11:58 AM

I'm a huge fan of em and I wondered if anyone else was...

back in the 60's they would put 4 huge chainsaw engines on one and it would go like 140mph... regretably the one I am building will probably only go 30mph........

**redbaron** · 05-20-2008, 06:43 PM

shifter karts with motorcycle engines are pretty slick too. I've seen a few with motors from like cbr600's that are just ridiculous.

**scared2mosh** · 05-20-2008, 06:45 PM

I found a racing go-kart online that supposedly can hit 160mph and go from 0-60mph in 4 sec.... now THAT would be a ride to remember

mulletman · 05-20-2008, 07:34 PM

Go look up the gixxercart. You're welcome.

**scared2mosh** · 05-20-2008, 08:02 PM

NICE!!!!

shallowrocker09 · 05-21-2008, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by redbaron

shifter karts with motorcycle engines are pretty slick too. I've seen a few with motors from like cbr600's that are just ridiculous.

yea at world of wheels i saw one with an r6 engine, your right- thats just ridiculous

**scared2mosh** · 05-21-2008, 09:39 AM

the gixxercart beat a dodge viper in top speed AND acceleration

I need one

**jump5fan** · 05-22-2008, 10:26 AM

a while back i was going to put a chainsaw engine on a bike but i never got around to finishing it.

**scared2mosh** · 05-22-2008, 12:58 PM

I'm also working on a little scooter that has a weed whacker engine

datakman · 06-22-2009, 02:47 PM

i have a 5hp honda engine i ripped off a broken pressure washer. i wanna put it on to some kind of trike

i wanna put a CVT for tranny (continuously variable trasmission-like a snowmobile or a john deere gator...ithink

mulletman · 06-22-2009, 03:05 PM

Hooray for old threads.

A friend of mine crashed a GSX-R 750 a while back. I was unable to get my hands on the wreckage.... otherwise I would have likely had to build something to mount that motor on...

Playn4God · 07-02-2009, 08:50 PM

Man I would LOVE to have one of those shifter karts, can you imagine what kind of a rush that must be to drive one of those?! An Ariel Atom wouldn't be too bad either

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**scared2mosh** · 08-15-2009, 09:42 PM

sorry to bump this thread, but...

Quote:

Originally Posted by redbaron

shifter karts with motorcycle engines are pretty slick too. I've seen a few with motors from like cbr600's that are just ridiculous.

actually this is what I would like to do with the go-kart I'm going to build in my basement/ garage over the winter. Just to fill you in my dad has a few motorcycle engines and I'm not sure what size I'll be using... it will depend on which one will take the least work to fix. it's going to be basically a single seat sandrail/ dunebuggy that is go-kart sized (IDK if it will be actually dune worthy though)I haven't decided on the final demensions yet, but it will be a welded steel tube body. I plan on keeping the hand clutch mechanism (I'll put it on the steering wheel) but I'm not sure how I'm going to make the shifter like the ones in a normal car. Ideas?

**scared2mosh** · 08-18-2009, 11:13 PM

I found this vid just a few minutes ago... It's kinda what I have in mind, but I there are several things I want different.

I'm still checking to see what size engines I have to choose from and how muck work they will be to fix... in the meantime I'm going to try to fix a go-kart my dad made a long time ago... the engine is in pretty good shape and all the body needs is to be made about 8 inches longer then sanded and painted. hopefully that will be done by fall...

mulletman · 08-18-2009, 11:18 PM

Video?