Recent content by grif

OK, A Couple questions. Which might be in one of these threads? First, I am running gas... It's a modified engine, and I race it, so I use a mixture of Turbo Blue and 93 octane. With the mixture, I am actually running 103 octane. What is a good cylinder head temperature for the the engine...

After all that, It runs good... I hate to say great, cause I'm never completely satisfied. Also I dont have any data to share yet on how it runs as far as speed, rpm's, etc.. BUT, Running against others, I hold my own, of course I still have some work on kart setup, but it's getting there. I...

Just a quick side note. when cleaning the green scotchbrite pads work great!! (especially if you stay up on the cleaning, which you should do anyway) besides that, it was a great write up.

My mods so far Well, so far, my engine is a predator 212cc (old style). I have gone to a billet connecting rod, with wiseco flat top piston. billet flywheel w/ 7 degree timing key (probably will play with that a little more), mod 2 cam (I've heard the black mamba is good??), racing carb (.625...

30 series torque converter I have the same 212cc Predator on 18 inch rear wheels. I use a 30 series comet torque converter (www.bmikarts.com on sale $140) I use a 9 - 60 tooth ratio. Decent acceleration and top speed. Maybe not the best and depending on the chain you use, you might have to have...

Just getting into building clone and Predator engines. I am in a league in it's first year racing Caged Go Karts. We can use the clone/predator modified anyway we like as long as it's safe, nothing extremely crazy!! Our league is "Buckeye Outlaw Kart Racing" (look us up on facebook...