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Hey everyone,
A friend and I have decided to build a go kart using an engine sourced from a 1981 Kawasaki 440 LTD snowmobile. We bought the entire snowmobile for $100 off Craigslist and have spent the last month chopping the thing apart and rebuilding the engine (the thing sat outside for the last 4 years). The engine is a two cylinder liquid cooled two stroke with oil injection. It's a more serious and powerful motor than we had thought (makes around 40 hp). After a new gasket set and a good cleaning and rebuilding of the Keihin carbs, we now have the motor running and are ready to figure out some next steps. We also have a frame that was originally built with a much smaller motor in mind so we will be modifying that for our new powerplant.
This looks like a great community of people and I know we will be able to learn a lot from the expertise here as well as share our own knowledge and experience we've gained from this exciting project.
Here is the link to our project thread! http://www.diygokarts.com/vb/showthread.php?t=19231
A friend and I have decided to build a go kart using an engine sourced from a 1981 Kawasaki 440 LTD snowmobile. We bought the entire snowmobile for $100 off Craigslist and have spent the last month chopping the thing apart and rebuilding the engine (the thing sat outside for the last 4 years). The engine is a two cylinder liquid cooled two stroke with oil injection. It's a more serious and powerful motor than we had thought (makes around 40 hp). After a new gasket set and a good cleaning and rebuilding of the Keihin carbs, we now have the motor running and are ready to figure out some next steps. We also have a frame that was originally built with a much smaller motor in mind so we will be modifying that for our new powerplant.
This looks like a great community of people and I know we will be able to learn a lot from the expertise here as well as share our own knowledge and experience we've gained from this exciting project.
Here is the link to our project thread! http://www.diygokarts.com/vb/showthread.php?t=19231
