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Would a head gasket heat up and melt from the chain being to tight around the sprockets ? I have a k181 kohler and after about 10 minutes of riding I noticed the head gasket bubbling and smoking a bit ! Thanks for any help !

Ok we've been running the kart around the house for the last week or so now, its pretty **** fast ! Its a older style vintage frame with a kohler k181, 15 teeth direct drive, live axle, 85 teeth sprocket, 15" rear wheels. The chains been falling off and I noticed the thin mounting plate was...

My kohler k181 starts and idles when I try to open the choke all the way the engine dies it revs hard though with it shut but as soon as I put the wheels to the ground the engine dies, why ?? Also I'm not running a cent clutch, only direct drive sprocket.

I need to replace the tank that sits on top of my kohler k181, I noticed some karts that have a tank sitting under the steering wheel bar on the frame of the kart, how does the engine get fuel if the tanks are mounted a bit lower than the engines, seem's there not gravity fed, wondering cause I...

Has anyone ever tried welding a sprocket straight to the engine shaft ? Other than the engine shaft spinning on the start-up would there be anything else to be concerned about ? Im just being cheap, dont wana spend $85 bucks on a clutch for a 1" shaft, the karts pretty much gonna be for bashing...

I just spoke with a kart shop in houston and I was told that it wasnt worth buying the 1" clutches that they actually stopped selling them cause customers were returning them very unhappy due to them burning out in a day or two ? I'm sure most of the problem was probley due to improper gearing...

I was thinking about welding a bar and plate on the side of my kart vs running the engine on the rear behind the seat. Other than the side mount looking as if it's more of a pulling steup is there a reason the new karts are set up this way ?

I was just wondering would my old kohler 8 hp engine be a stronger and quicker engine then the harbor freight 6.5 hp. They both are 4 stroke and have a max of 3600 rpm. The kohler may be a few pounds heavier. And again the kohler is a 8hp engine vs the HF I would use being 6.5 hp. I will be...

I just counted 85 teeth on the rear axle sprocket. Im running a 8hp kohler engine with a 1" shaft. Will this sprocket work with a comet 1" cent clutch ? If so how many teeth should I use on the sprocket/clutch ?

I have a kart set up with a 8hp kohler engine, the throttle pedal and cable are on the right side of my kart, the kohler engine has the linkage that pulls left toward the left side of the kart to accelerate. Would it be ok to run the throttle cable behind and around the engine to throttle...