I think the best option is going to be to slide the engine over. Will have to drill some new holes into frame to receive engine in new position and trim that bushing/spacer down to keep it all lined up. That would definitely give me what I need though.
If you look at the pic with the red arrow, that piece of the shaft that is peeking out from inside piece of clutch is all that I have to meet the outside part of clutch. With my old engine I had triple the length past that inside clutch part for outside part to grab onto. 2nd pic is the shaft...
The original Tecumseh Pro Sport finally locked up on me but found out that Harbor Freight sells a 212cc “Predator” engine that is supposedly a good fit for the this particular go kart. It was a fairly easy swap out however, I’ve realized the crankshaft on this new engine is much shorter than...