Me and a couple of friends are gonna be building a go kart. We are still doing research on a number of topics so I thought making an account on here would be beneficiary. My first of probably a number of questions is regarding the engine. Which should we use, a gokart engine or a pit bike engine?
The go kart engine is more expensive from the get-go and it doesn't include the clutch. I'm comparing these 3:
12.9hp Evo engine
6.5hp Honda engine
14hp YX140 engine
I'd like to mention that it is quite hard to find engines in Austria. I have to import from other countries. We are not really experts and so we would like to avoid buying used ones. And while on topic of the engine. We are not quite sure how much performance we can expect just by looking at specs. We would like to build a kart that's quite quick. It doesn't have to have an insanely high topspeed. but we would like it accelerate to 60mph in around 7-8 or less seconds. 4 seconds would be too fast but i don't think that that is even remotely possible with an engine like this lol. If the topspeed is even that high. We probably won't be getting it to 60mph most of the time anyway. I just want it to accelerate faster than your standard 100hp family sedan. I'm only using 0-60 time because that's the most well known measurmet of acceleration.
We all have a drivers license and have about 1 year of driving experiance. I'm not going to pretend that i'm some some pro racer but if think i can handle a decently quick Go kart. Now if the engine is too quick that would be bad as well. We don't want it to be extremely hard to controll and always struggling to get traction.
To cut to the chase, I want to know if getting a go kart engine over a motorcross engine is worth it. I also want to know if the engines listed are powerfull enough/too powerful. Also why is the honda engine the same price as the other engine that's twice as powerful. What performance could I accept from these engines.
PS: I'm writing on a tablet so excuse any mistakes.
The go kart engine is more expensive from the get-go and it doesn't include the clutch. I'm comparing these 3:
12.9hp Evo engine
6.5hp Honda engine
14hp YX140 engine
I'd like to mention that it is quite hard to find engines in Austria. I have to import from other countries. We are not really experts and so we would like to avoid buying used ones. And while on topic of the engine. We are not quite sure how much performance we can expect just by looking at specs. We would like to build a kart that's quite quick. It doesn't have to have an insanely high topspeed. but we would like it accelerate to 60mph in around 7-8 or less seconds. 4 seconds would be too fast but i don't think that that is even remotely possible with an engine like this lol. If the topspeed is even that high. We probably won't be getting it to 60mph most of the time anyway. I just want it to accelerate faster than your standard 100hp family sedan. I'm only using 0-60 time because that's the most well known measurmet of acceleration.
We all have a drivers license and have about 1 year of driving experiance. I'm not going to pretend that i'm some some pro racer but if think i can handle a decently quick Go kart. Now if the engine is too quick that would be bad as well. We don't want it to be extremely hard to controll and always struggling to get traction.
To cut to the chase, I want to know if getting a go kart engine over a motorcross engine is worth it. I also want to know if the engines listed are powerfull enough/too powerful. Also why is the honda engine the same price as the other engine that's twice as powerful. What performance could I accept from these engines.
PS: I'm writing on a tablet so excuse any mistakes.
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