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Gakartguru

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Hey guys I'm new here and I have a question. I have a brand new predator 212 engine on my kart I have removed the govenor and that's it . I was wondering wat I could do for performance mods without having to get billet rod or flywheel

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Good site but I wanna know wat parts don't add too much power where I could blow something up and parts that comply with each other ( work nicely together)
 

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Hi flow intake (air filter assembly) & exhaust, then rejet the carb if necessary; that should net you 1-2hp...

Under no circumstances should you change the valve springs before installing a billet conrod & flywheel...
 

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without a billet rod and flywheel.. you should stay below 6k rpm to be on the safe side!

since you already removed your governor, the next step is upgrading your airfilter and exhaust to be less restrictive (high flow)

As long as you keep the original valve springs, your engine shouldn't be able to rev above 5.5k or maybe 6k rpm if you're lucky.
So, DO NOT UPGRADE the valve springs to 18lbs versions or above.

Now with that airfilter and exhaust in place you can see what it does, sometimes (well most of the times) it's necessary to rejet your carb to the new airflow rate..
means you need a bigger jet (which one needs to be tested depends on ambient temperature as well as humidity as much as the exact flowrate of the airfilter and exhaust)
maybe someone can chime in and give you at least a hint for a predator...

And that's basically it as long as you don't want to upgrade the conrod or flywheel.

which would be the very next step.

a offset flywheel key would shift the power to higher rpms.. and you'll loose on the bottom end, since you're limited to 6k rpm it's of no use..
same goes for any cam out there.. all are intentionally made to get to higher rpms.
(even if some provide more oomph in lower rpms as well)

You also cannot upgrade to a smaller head or higher compression ratios since that'll put more stress on the conrod, which in turn would need an upgrade...

So it's airfilter, carb (jets) and exhaust only for now I'm afraid

'sid

PS what? am I THAT SLOW again... Shoot!..

PPS if the 140 honde e-tube fits, get it ;)
 

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Determining how the engine is running based on the colour of the spark plug...

I suggest you do the mods first, stick with the original jet & we'll go there when we need to
 

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The jet kit I'm looking at comes with 140 e tube and 0.38 and 0.39 jets should I get those jets or the 0.36 and 0.37??im usually full throttle so I'm thinking the 38 39
 
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