New guy in Vegas

[Mulletcar88]

Hey all, my name is Nate Sanders, I live in Las Vegas NV, originally from Ringgold Georgia, been stationed here for 7 years. I bought my kids a 2 seat path winder go kart I found on craigslist and freshened up the Briggs and Stratton 5hp fun power flatty (aluminum cylinder), but still had low compression and only went 15mph on a good day. I replaced it with a Predator 212 hemi and have done a few mods (jetted carb, built header and muffler), and as it sits with stock sprockets goes mid 30s. The tires were getting pretty beat up so I decided to get some slightly taller and wider ones (13x6.50x6) but the stock rims aren't wide enough and I'm having zero luck finding rims or hubs with the 3.5"/90mm on 4 anything. Am I stuck buying new rims and hubs?

 

[landuse]

Welcome to the forum!!

 

[Poboy kartman]

What size are your original rims?

 

[Mulletcar88]

6x3

 

[OzFab]

Yeah, that's not gonna work, your tyres are more than twice the width of the rims; basically, you have two options:

1. Go back to the original size tyres or something close

2. Fork out for wider rims, which could mean rims & hubs; depending on the diameter of the axle, you may find 1 piece rims...

Welcome to the forum...

 

[Mulletcar88]

Therein lies the problem, I can't find ANY rims with 3.5" lug spacing. I guess I'm gonna have to get new hubs and rims.