Hello from Texas!

[Themanwithaplan]

Hey everyone, I’ve been wanting to build an off road buggy since I was a little kid. So a bit about what I have been doing. I bought a yard dog or well a go kart like it. It had a GY6 150 in it and I replaced the piston to make it a 172 but it just never really worked right I now have a predator 420 in it having some issues but working on getting them solved I’ve been lurking on here for a while, but just saying hi and I might have some questions.

 

[Denny]

Howdy Partner! Welcome!

 

[panchothedog]

Welcome. You made the right choice for your engine. Now get the bugs worked out of it and show us some pictures.

 

[Themanwithaplan]

It defiantly not pretty right now that’s for sure but I’m working on it! I’m having troubles with my engine mount flexing and skipping the chain… it might take a re design

 

[Hellion]

It defiantly...

I like it when folks get defiant. Reminds me of 1775...

 

[Themanwithaplan]

I like it when folks get defiant. Reminds me of 1775...

Definitely

 

[panchothedog]

The 420 weighs almost 80 lbs, and that's without fuel or a battery ( if you have electric start). More than double of a small block. Don't know what your GY6 weighed but probably a lot less than the 420. You need to place a 3rd bearing somewhere near the center of the axle. The extra weight is causing the axle to flex. I had the same problem with a 301, and it's about 8 to 10 lbs lighter than the 420.

 

[Themanwithaplan]

The 420 weighs almost 80 lbs, and that's without fuel or a battery ( if you have electric start). More than double of a small block. Don't know what your GY6 weighed but probably a lot less than the 420. You need to place a 3rd bearing somewhere near the center of the axle. The extra weight is causing the axle to flex. I had the same problem with a 301, and it's about 8 to 10 lbs lighter than the 420.

I will keep that in mind I’ll have to see what I have to do to put on in!

 

[Themanwithaplan]

I’m having troubles trying to search in the forums for predator 420 engines because when I use the search bar it search’s for the two words separately, and advice on how to navigate this?

 

[Hellion]

The Advanced Search option is better than basic search as it gives you more control. search
Some notes:

• search for alpha beta gamma finds posts that have all three words, in any order
• search for "alpha beta gamma" finds that exact phrase
• search for alph* finds any words beginning alph (ie * is a wildcard)
• search with three or less characters doesn't work
• search ignores punctuation marks, treating the characters before and after the punctuation as separate words.

If there isn't a topic on how to use the forum search, there should be. Otherwise, you can develop your kung fu skills by perusing https://xenforo.com

 

[Master Hack]

Reminds me of 1775...

Yer ALMOST as old as some of us geezers.

 

[Hellion]

Before this gets outta hand, the OP needs to start a new thread in Go Kart Discussion (or Photo Gallery & Project Log etc) with photos and all that. . . . . . . . . you can upload them directly to the site and I think re-sizes them automatically if they're too large (I've never done a thing to em).

I want to see what kart you got. Yard dog or Yerf Dog(?) or is it some Chinese monstrosity?

 

[Master Hack]

Before this gets outta hand, the

Really? Since when does THAT happen?

 

[Themanwithaplan]

Before this gets outta hand, the OP needs to start a new thread in Go Kart Discussion (or Photo Gallery & Project Log etc) with photos and all that. . . . . . . . . you can upload them directly to the site and I think re-sizes them automatically if they're too large (I've never done a thing to em).

I want to see what kart you got. Yard dog or Yerf Dog(?) or is it some Chinese monstrosity?

Oh it’s definitely a Chinese monstrosity cheap frame with big motor what could go wrong. And I will be adding a post on there