Recent content by vida

i agree with smgs92 on the motor, he reccommended the 212cc predator to me as well and i couldnt be more happy with it and i just have it stock right now haha as it sits stock it has great power, starts first pull every time and bolted right up to the motor mount htat was for a briggs 5hp, so in...

oh wow ok, i was reading how to take it off on affordablegokarts.com and they said it would need it but thats great it doesnt cause im not really looking to get that far into upgrades yet haha

ive ben planning on getting some pvc pices and deflating the gokart tire and sliding the pvc over the tire and re inflating it and see hopw that works, it seems like it should work pretty good though! ill let ya know how it turnes out! ive just got a little racing kart with a 6.5 hp motor on it...

ok cool! ill do a little more research and see what i can find! i was looking at the page on taking the governor off too, would i need to change to some more stiff valve springs to keep it from exploding? haha

your right! i disconnected that switch and it has cut off yet!

awsome, i was checking out that site and the clutch i have looks exactly like the bully clutches, im sure its an older one but i couldnt find any clutch shoes for them! any ideas there? and the 212 predator takes the same parts as one of the honda motors they are sellign all the upgrades for...

im not sure what size it is but a ton of sprockets came with the kart, i think i need a new clutch for it because it revs pretty high but takes a while to grab, not like its got really strong springs in it but like its having a hard time grabbing and the clutch looks like a really old style...

haha wow thats pretty impressive!! where did you get the upgrades for your engine? seems like with that much power i would need a bigger chain like a dirtbike chain or something?

gotcha, for now ill probly just stick to simple upgrades, more torque is probly the main thing it needs because it starts off pretty slow, but that could be because of the clutch, it revs really high before it starts to move so i think right now my best upgrade would be a new clutch kit, anyone...

muddydigger that kart looks awsome!!

good idea! didnt even think about that haha but if the oil sensor is going off should i add oil or is it just because of the g forces that they didnt expect the motor to have haha

i really like the predator because of the ease of using regular gas, the pull start stays on and its new so it just runs so good haha what kind of upgrades do you suggest? also thanks for all the help everyone i would have never gotten this thing going without your help much less in a day...

actually i went to harbor freight earlier found the 212 and it was priced at $119 so i took it up to the register and it rang up on there for only $89!! i was quite happy haha i got home, threw it on the kart, everything bolted right up! took me an hour or so to get the throttle hooked up right...

awsome! thanks for al the info guys, a life saver! haha the go kart came with 2 whole racing 5 hp briggs engines but they all need a rebuild or something and i dont really feel like rebuilding them right now haha. i think ill go check out the harbor freight engines now!

ok cool ill def look into that! ive got the air filter and a couple of gas tanks that came with the kart! any idea if that motor would mount up to the same mounts?