I need an inexpensive gokart engine

[megaman1339]

doesnt need to be much just like 4 hp something like that, and i dont care if it is as old as dirt or brakes noise violations it just has to run.

[kibble]

Have you tried checking your local Freecycle group or craigslist? You can get some decent free stuff from other people on there.

[megaman1339]

no i hadnt, but i will

[Kenny_McCormic]

Just ask for anything with a horizontal shaft running or not.

[megaman1339]

why not running?

[jr dragster Tyler]

Because if it doesnt run you can pretty much bargain it down to nothing. And normally the only thing wrong with these engines is a simple carb clean or a spark plug Etc.

[Kenny_McCormic]

Originally Posted by jr dragster Tyler

Because if it doesnt run you can pretty much bargain it down to nothing. And normally the only thing wrong with these engines is a simple carb clean or a spark plug Etc.

Corroded points are common one as well.

[jr dragster Tyler]

I was going to say somthing like a coil and the points but just to keep it simple untill he actually has to worry about that I never mentioned it.

[I like karts]

yeah there not really much that can go wrong in these engines cause they have only ....*counts on fingers*.... 5 moving parts in a briggs flathead, not counting the valves and lifters and stuff cause they just move up and down.


It'll be simple to fix.

[oscaryu1]

Originally Posted by jr dragster Tyler

I was going to say somthing like a coil and the points but just to keep it simple untill he actually has to worry about that I never mentioned it.

What's to worry about points? Cut the wire off and replace it with a magnetron

[Kenny_McCormic]

Originally Posted by oscaryu1

What's to worry about points? Cut the wire off and replace it with a magnetron

When somebody drops a nuke, dont come whining to me about your stuff not running.

[megaman1339]

is it hard to alter a vert-shaft to run in horizontal?

[oscaryu1]

Carburetor, dipper, bracket/mounts...

[Russ2251]

is it hard to alter a vert-shaft to run in horizontal?

Not for me!!! LOL

[jr dragster Tyler]

Do all small engines have points? I do not fully understand what it does. Because on my jr dragster all I have is a wire off the coil going to the spark plug?

[jr dragster Tyler]

The 2 wires off the coil are for normall kill switch and emergency kill switch. So without points does that mean that every time the magnet goes past the coil it sparks the plug? That would mean it "wastes" a spark because it only actually ignites fuel ever 4'th stroke.

[Russ2251]

Virtually all engines use breakerless (without points) systems and use CDI or Capacitive Discharge Ignition. Requires little or no maintenance.
If you had points in your engines, performance would suffer greatly.

[megaman1339]

plz tell me how to alter it, but use words i can understand!

[megaman1339]

also i fanyone has a vid of how to tell me where

[Russ2251]

plz tell me how to alter it, but use words i can understand!

Clutch alone is $129. You can buy a new engine for that amount.