Drift Kart Help

[robispurple]

Hey everyone, i'm interested in making a go kart with an engine that will get me sideways. I don't need to go to fast just need a enough power to drift. I'm going to be making it myself and so far i've only see two different ways of setting up the engine. One is using a motorcycle engine and making a shifter kart. Setup two is using a horizontal engine with a torque converter. I have never made a go kart before and am open to anything so please provide your opinion and experience. Thank you.

 

[vida]

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 and it will already drift pretty good the way it is without the pvc!

 

[landuse]

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 and it will already drift pretty good the way it is without the pvc!

Another member on here did the same thing with his kart. I cant remember who though.

Edit: I found it

http://www.diygokarts.com/vb/showthread.php?t=17989&highlight=drift

 

[OzFab]

Setup one will work, setup two probably won't; it all comes down to gearing. The lower you gear, the better the chance of it cutting loose.

A 6.5hp predator & 10:1 or lower gearing should do the trick. That will enable the best use of the available torque but, it won't be fast