Hello.

[Edwin Spangler]

Figured Id join as Ive been getting info from here for the past 4-5 months. Have fully immersed myself in this DIY world of karting and I believe I may be here to stay.

It started with getting a junked out Carter Bros Talon frame (for 40 bucks mind you) so I could have the wheels and front suspension for my kid's lawn mower just a few short months ago. I imagined a Frankenstein kinda contraption.

Well, the mower (pulley swapped) finally blew the transaxle, the boy bought himself a B200r, so my other two got a nicely rebuilt go kart for Christmas.

The initial plan (after scrapping the mower idea and deciding to use time and resources on the kart) was to do a vertical to horizontal shaft conversion with the lawn mower engine ( CraftsmanT1000 engine) and use that for the go kart. Well, that engine is being saved for a future project and I just got a Predator 420/stage1/TC for the kart instead.

Glad to be here and I will certainly get some pictures up later.

Of course, thanks for all the info that is freely available here. I probably couldnt have gotten this project done without it!

 

[Edwin Spangler]

Some, "immediately after purchase", "progress", and "functional" pictures... It's still nowhere near finished, if ever that will be.

 

[Edwin Spangler]

Pretty happy so far.

 

[Edwin Spangler]

Here's my favorite modification.

 

[Edwin Spangler]

And the obligatory aforementioned mower...

 

[Denny]

Welcome!

 

[panchothedog]

Welcome to the forum. Nice job of getting that 420 and torque converter adapted to the chassis. From the splattered mud in one of your pictures, it looks like its been out for a maiden voyage ( or more ). Should be a good runner with that engine.