my running kart!!

[imSRB]

Finally got my kart together!

I put my new harbor freight engine on it 6.5hp

then i had made the big conversion from single to live axle drive


then go the brakes running then i had a freind over and he was watching and said thats slow man its like 20 mph at top

so i was wondering what to do i got a 6:1 gear ratio 18 inch tires and still have the govener on

so what could i do to get it going faster? i'll post pics up soon but thats all i can do right now

oh what can i do to make the throtle cable go back farther than what it is now because if i get it to go at the way up it like at half throttle and i have treid everything i can think of? thanks

 

[Doc Sprocket]

Finally got my kart together!
Glad to hear it
I put my new harbor freight engine on it 6.5hp
Excellent!
then i had made the big conversion from single to live axle drive
Big improvement!

then go the brakes running then i had a freind over and he was watching and said thats slow man its like 20 mph at top
Have you plugged your numbers into a speed calculator, and or GPS/ paced yourself to verify that?
so i was wondering what to do i got a 6:1 gear ratio 18 inch tires and still have the govener on
Are you running a clutch or torque convertor?
so what could i do to get it going faster? i'll post pics up soon but thats all i can do right now
Maybe regear, or TC
oh what can i do to make the throtle cable go back farther than what it is now because if i get it to go at the way up it like at half throttle and i have treid everything i can think of? thanks

So, what? When you mat the pedal, it's not max throttle? Show us a pic of your gas pedal and throttle connections. You may need to attach the cable higher on the pedal to get a longer stroke, and/or shorten the leverage on the engine side.

 

[imSRB]

thanks so much, 1=yes i pluged the numbers in and it said 30 or so
2=running clutch
3=when i mat the pedal it at like half throttle and if i was to change it any different it would not be idleing, and i will differently post pics tomorrow. thnks thou and i gtg so tlk to you tommorow thanks!

 

[Doc Sprocket]

Yeah, I got 32 out of the calc. That of course, is only academic, but should be in the ballpark but-

If you have 18" tires and a clutch, you might be just this side of roasting the clutch. I think guys that tend to run @ 6:1 usually have smaller tires. I could be wrong. I can't comment. I'm currently at 4.8:1 BUT with a TC that gives me a 11.66:1 takeoff ratio.
Guys- Anybody have any ratio suggestions for the lad?
And it definately sounds like you have to arrange a longer throttle stroke.

 

[Kaptain Krunch]

my live axle kart, which had 15" tires was pulling a 6:1, and that was good, but much higher and i would have been roasting the clutch. with 18s your on the line i'd say, as long as your not doing major off roading/hill climbs you'll be fine.

 

[ezdasnowman]

also the governor is internal, not on the carb, but in side the gear box, and it is a plastic gear... heres a vid on how to remove it, its really very easy....

 

[ezdasnowman]

heres the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJK3HgOs1Gs

 

[imSRB]

thanks so much guys and yeah i did think that the tires are a little to big but i'll get pics up later today!

and where could i sell my tires and get some 15'' or 16'' tires? any suggestions?
but thanks to all!

 

[imSRB]

here's my running kart with pics!!!!

i took it for a test drive and it when 30mph on drit roads! its a little bumpy but awesome! heres some pics---






















so i changed it from a single to live axle drive then add disk brakes killswitch bigger tires and a clone!!!!!

 

[imSRB]

heres my running kart with pics!!!!

heres the throttle linkage and 1st is the throttle at the way down and 2nd is the pedal matted to floor and 3rd is throttle all the way back and the rest are for the live axle!!!












so here what i got so far and thanks for all the comments and i'll post more pics if you want anymore ask me for some, and i got my kart running!

 

[newrider3]

You're gonna bend your axle with the pillow block that far away from the wheel.

 

[imSRB]

seems fine to me and it's really not that far just the pics but hows everything else look?

 

[imSRB]

well heres what iv'e done what do you guys think?

 

[solomon]

looks good, your throttle linkage might fail in a long time. When you get some money, order a throttle kit for that cable. BTW, you might want to listen to newrider3 thats my $.02

 

[imSRB]

ok>?

 

[freakboy]

i dont see a problem with his throtal linkage looks good as long as everything is tight on there.

 

[Doc Sprocket]

Did you manage to fix the cable stroke problem, ie- idle at pedal rest, full throttle at full pedal extension?

 

[imSRB]

now i dn't mange to fix the throttle but what do you think i should do?

 

[freakboy]

to fix the prop un hook the cable from the engine then push and hold the pedal all the way down and re hook it up with the engine throtal arm in the WOT postition re hook it all up then take the weight off the pedal and make sure the pedal springs back up.

 

[imSRB]

thanks and i'll go try that tommrow! hey hows the kart look? oh the first pics also shows that how my roads are it pacticly go a like flat the steep incline then flat then cuvres and hills so yeah i wanted as much power as i could for cheap and i topped out at 30mph behind my dad!!!