It does have 6" wheels with 145/7.00 tires but sounds like i may want to go ahead and change the 48 tooth sprocket to the 60 tooth in addition to the 10 tooth sprocket. I ordered the 30 series driver and 30 series 7" driven because the original driver clutch did not come with the kart and...
Thanks all for the welcome and the advice! The tires are right at 14" tall. I wanted to stay with the 20 series but couldn't stomach the prices between them and the 30 right now, if what we have doesn't work out we'll have adjust as funds allow.
Not sure if this works here, but...
My son and I recently bought an old basket case of what turned out to be a Carter Brothers 1435 to fix up. Picture below is from the ad:
It came with a GX160 that had several stripped bolt holes and missing parts so for now at least, it's boxed up and set off to the side for a future rebuild...