jb kart race frame
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Teh SPIK
are you trying to say you want to mount your engine on the kart frame or you want to build a frame to put the engine on
Tommy Boy
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Not very hard at all.
Throw a tape on the motor pan and the base of your motor, make sure they groove, then bolt 'er up. If they don't, drill more holes.
Everyone loves more holes.
Throw a tape on the motor pan and the base of your motor, make sure they groove, then bolt 'er up. If they don't, drill more holes.
Everyone loves more holes.
Kaptain Krunch
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Teh SPIK
oh it's not hard dude
anderkart
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Does your race kart frame have a welded in rear motor mount plate, or is it set up to use a side mount that clamps on the frame next to the side of the seat?
here is the frame, i guess it for a side mount there is no place to mount it from what i can see
http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/bowtiefreak4/Photo-0027.jpg
http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/bowtiefreak4/Photo-0027.jpg
anderkart
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Wow thats a really cool frame man.
So yeah you could make your own mount and just buy a couple Butterfly clamps ($3 each) to clamp at the bottom. Or theres lots of pre-made mounts to fit diferent motors, that'll clamp right on. Prices start around $36 and go up to over $100. You'll find a bunch of diferent ones in this search link: http://www.google.com/search?source...z=1T4DMUS_enUS221US222&q=go+kart+motor+mounts
Theres also a couple diferent frame rail spacing sizes made. Theres the American style (narrow frame spacing) and the International style motor mounts. (wider spacing) So you just need to mesure between these 2 frame rails to see what mount fits your frame. (some mounts are designed to fit either frame rail spacing / some mounts also angle the motor forward to 5 or 15 degrees for better tire clearance)
Now you said you have a 9 hp motor. They make motor mounts to fit many bigger motors like yours but you need to mesure your motors bolt pattern to be sure of getting the right one. These big motors are super wide so seat clearance can be a real problem. I instaled a 10 hp Honda a while back. With my kart, (and extera large seat) we had to mod the brackets and move the seat over a couple inches to make more engine room.
I started out with a mount made for a 5 hp Briggs motor. It didnt fit this big motor very good at first:
So I cut out an adaptor plate from some 1/2" thick aluminum:
If you need any other help, just let us know.
So yeah you could make your own mount and just buy a couple Butterfly clamps ($3 each) to clamp at the bottom. Or theres lots of pre-made mounts to fit diferent motors, that'll clamp right on. Prices start around $36 and go up to over $100. You'll find a bunch of diferent ones in this search link: http://www.google.com/search?source...z=1T4DMUS_enUS221US222&q=go+kart+motor+mounts
Theres also a couple diferent frame rail spacing sizes made. Theres the American style (narrow frame spacing) and the International style motor mounts. (wider spacing) So you just need to mesure between these 2 frame rails to see what mount fits your frame. (some mounts are designed to fit either frame rail spacing / some mounts also angle the motor forward to 5 or 15 degrees for better tire clearance)
Now you said you have a 9 hp motor. They make motor mounts to fit many bigger motors like yours but you need to mesure your motors bolt pattern to be sure of getting the right one. These big motors are super wide so seat clearance can be a real problem. I instaled a 10 hp Honda a while back. With my kart, (and extera large seat) we had to mod the brackets and move the seat over a couple inches to make more engine room.
I started out with a mount made for a 5 hp Briggs motor. It didnt fit this big motor very good at first:
So I cut out an adaptor plate from some 1/2" thick aluminum:
If you need any other help, just let us know.
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