Harbor Freight Greyhound Motors on clearance

[Sisco]

Just ordered a 6.5 shipped to my door for 72.77.

I ordered two.. Shipped to my door for $69.97 each

 

[j.concepcion54321]

Upon hearing the news about these engines being marked down i figured id try to get my hands on one so i put my 5.5hp jiandong honda clone on craigslist for 80 bucks and i got a reply! haha thats what i paid for my whole kart... anyways my plan was to sell the 5.5hp and just buy the 6.5hp HF motor. Do you guys suggest that i do this?

 

[anderkart]

Upon hearing the news about these engines being marked down i figured id try to get my hands on one so i put my 5.5hp jiandong honda clone on craigslist for 80 bucks and i got a reply! haha thats what i paid for my whole kart... anyways my plan was to sell the 5.5hp and just buy the 6.5hp HF motor. Do you guys suggest that i do this?

A 6.5 would be a little better but I'd sell the 5.5 and try to buy a 13hp.

 

[j.concepcion54321]

i was trying to keep something with a 3/4 shaft so that i could use the reduction box with internal clutch that it has now. im pretty sure that its rated max 8hp and the 11 or 13 hp motors have bigger shafts and more hp than rated. Thanks for the reply ill see if the guy comes to buy it today so i can pick it up today.

Will my cart go any faster with the engine upgrade? I was thinking in the future just adding small stuff like straight pipe, k and n filter, governor removal, etc.

 

[anderkart]

Yeah I understand, good point.

If your kart was geared to allow your 5.5hp to reach its max rpm, the 6.5 would probably achieve the same max rpm and top speed.

Although a 1hp more powerful engine should accelerate a little faster and also give you the potential of re-gearing your kart for a slightly higher top speed if you wanted.

And if your kart was heavy or you were climbing hills, the 6.5 hp engine would obviously always give an advantage in both acceleration and potential top speeds. (and the 13hp would theoretically double this potential...)

 

[j.concepcion54321]

yeah my kart is heavy as hell!!! its a concession style kart from the local track. thanks for the info anderkart!

 

[bare3176]

Bad news. The 6.5's are back up to 94.99.

 

[j.concepcion54321]

What!!!! Lies^^

 

[r_chez_08]

Bad news. The 6.5's are back up to 94.99.

Thats a load of crap. Look on the website. So annoyed the uk dont have these motors. Thats such a rediculous price!! I would just buy like 15 and make a few hundred in a years time.
Rob

 

[j.concepcion54321]

A 6.5 would be a little better but I'd sell the 5.5 and try to buy a 13hp.

Hey anderkart, i got in contact with the guy who sold me my kart and he said that hell sell me his 18hp briggs vanguard engine for 80 bucks! should i get that instead of any of these? How good will it perform?

 

[redsox985]

Well, if you'd get a clutch rated up to 20+ HP, you might as well get 18 if you can fit it, but keep in mind that it's probably a 2 cyl engine. That beast would pull though and you could probably get away with a higher gear ratio as it would have considerably more torque and wouldn't exactly need the lower gearing, so you could get more speed. Plus, the internals are of better quality so you could probably remove the gov. without doing costly upgrades a clone would need.

 

[j.concepcion54321]

turns out he wants 100 for it now, regardless its a good deal IMO. for the clutch i was just thinking of using the gear reduction unit as a jack shaft. id put a pulley on the engine that goes to a pully on the input shaft of the gearbox and then the belt drive to the axle.

i know its not safe but id put good oil in the gearbox and its only temporary, until i can rank up the dough for a clutch or a tc

 

[bare3176]

Thats a load of crap. Look on the website. So annoyed the uk dont have these motors. Thats such a rediculous price!! I would just buy like 15 and make a few hundred in a years time.
Rob

Sorry about that. I got an email from Harbor freight saying I was now on the preferred email group and the motor was 94.99. Who knows, but it is still 74.99, just looked. Sorry for the wrong info.

 

[j.concepcion54321]

NOOO i just checked their website and they only have the ones that are california approved and those are back up to 179.99!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

 

[redsox985]

Go to the actual store. Things may be different.

What is so special about the CA ones? What gives them less emissions?

EDIT: I just checked www.harborfreight.com and searched "greyhound" and got both 6.5s for $74.99, the 11HP for like $159.99 or something, and the 2.5HP for like $129.99 maybe (I didn't really look closely at the 11 and 2.5 prices).

 

[Bluethunder3320]

imagine they are even leaner and more restrictive LOL

 

[Sisco]

The sale is over. The sale price only shows up in the search cache. If you click details or to order you will find the re gular price. Its also only available in stores now, not online.

 

[r_chez_08]

Yup, $179.99 again!!!

 

[SQ is the SQUAD]

as an Former HF employee (sat was my last day), there is not supposed to be an option for clearance motors for an extended service plan.

 

[mako my day]

I got two shipped to me for 160. This is a smoking deal. Placed the order 10 mins ago.