Recon_Kart
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I did not have bolts thru the engine into the plate, but it represents the distance but the engine isn't quite square in the pictures.
Go Power Sports and OMB warehouse both sell a plate made just for this. It has slots for and aft and side to side. I have a fire Fox 620 and put a predator
with a torque converter on it and it helped everything line up real good.
BTW I threw the Mitsubishi engine away.
Wood will not hold up for mounting an engine. Square tubing with at least 3/16” wall will though.
I think I'm going to take that route if I cant find 2" - 3" square tubing. Then I can just run with a $30 adjustable plate to mount on top of the square tube. I know someone who may be able 5o come by with his 110 welder to weld the square tubing to the kart then bolt on the adjustable plate.Any Home Depot or Lowe's in your area? They have loads of short (2' - 6') square tube steel. You can always drill through and bolt up a pair of tubes stacked together for height.
Instead of hunting for and paying for those long bolts, just get threaded rod in the same tube steel department and cut your own. Double-nut one end to be the bolt "head". Personally, I double-nut the nuts I put on all my ordinary bolts to guarantee they'll never loosen up from vibration, but others here still laugh at me for it.