Recent content by tomcat955

Hello, A freind gave me his go kart to fix up. the carb is pretty toasted on it. its a 6.5 robin subaru. Any idea what carb would fit on to this? they sell carbs for the ex17 but it looks to have a slightly different petcock.

So I made a little bit of progress, I stole 2 pulleys off a old tiller with a blown engine, also I stole the sprocket off the old motor. Also found some shaft i had laying around. Now I dont think i will have the proper gear ratio though with the 2 pulleys and the sprocket, im geussing I have to...

Whats a good place to find keyed shaft and bearings and sprockets for cheap?

So I think I figured out how I am going to mount the jack shaft. I will make 2 plates that will weld on to the side of the rear motor mount on the frame. Both those plates will have a hole drilled in them for the bearing.

Anyways though, my plan was to make a jack shaft with a belt coming from the engine to the jack shaft so I could have a tensioner that would act as a suicide clutch. I was planning on flipping the back wheel over so its being driven from the right side. Any body have any ideas for making a jack...

Hey guys, So i started building a scrap chopper out of a old Honda sl350 frame I had layin around. Chopped the frame and cut and bent bars to hard tail it, then I got a 5hp Briggs, put a Tecumseh carb on it so I can run a gas tank. Anyways heres some photos of it so far.

I am trying to build a fuel efficient go kart with a Honda xr 100 motor. How can I mod the motor for fuel efficiency?

Hello, so for school I am building a high mileage go kart using a xr 100 motor. How can I modify my motor to get better gas mileage. Restrictive exhaust? Maybe a leaner running carb. Idk I really don't know how to make a fuel efficient engine. So anyways if anybody has any ideas please let me...

I saw someone on oldminibikes or diygokarts make one. it looked pretty good. except it kept on braking parts because of a live rear axle and really grippy tires.