The carb is facing to the rear axle.. so is the muffler... and back fires are out the exhaust... and stock exhaust no flames are gona be leaving that thing...
also i agree with dante i would go hydrolic brake set up
I was just mentioning backfires because a friend of mine had a dirtbike engine on a kart with the gas tank behind the unfiltered carb and it backfired out the carb and melted part of the dirtbike gas tank sitting there. It could've been ugly.
(My kart is also a european kart like the Birel) My friend has the left and right supports that I need, but I need to find a "SHOP" that works with "Metric" tubing so they can fabricate an exact copy of them. And after that I will return the steering supports to my friend. The kart has been abandon for several several years, If you can give me some information on where or who might be able to help me out I will be very grateful
I didn't realize I was in the wrong forum. My apologies to you all guys. Have a great weekend.