Recent content by Kade

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    Loss of speed

    Thanks for all the help. I'll take any information I can get my hands on
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    Loss of speed

    It's just a small light weight thunder kart
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    Loss of speed

    56 on the wheel and 10 on the clutch
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    Loss of speed

    None taken. This is my first attempt at hot rodding one of these small engines and I'll be the first to admit that it's a questionable build. It's got a 2 foot long header pipe that I made on it, so it's not just an open exhaust port. And like I said. I picked the motor and clutch up second hand...
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    Loss of speed

    Thanks for the reply. I'm not sure about the gear ratio,I keep forgetting to count the teeth on the sprocket. I'm running a 13 in tall tire, and the motor is a predator 212 that I gutted the air box, cut the muffler off, and put a .038 main jet in the carb. I don't oil it as much as I should. It...
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    Loss of speed

    I'm almost positive my clutch is toast on my go kart, especially since it has a tendency to smoke a little and is constantly throwing metal all over the place. I've noticed that I've lost about 6 MPH off of my top speed and was wondering if it could be from the clutch slipping at high RPMs. I...
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