rototiller engine with gearbox

[jonesie8807]

i am considering buying a rototiller with 2 speeds and reverse. would an engine with a gearbox be good for a kart?

 

[Jerryburger]

If you had a way of clutching it, it might work. Do you have a picture of it? I had an old rototiller that did 2 speeds by running either one fanbelt pulley set or the other. Seemed kind of tough to adapt.

 

[jonesie8807]

no i dont have any pics. i have just been thinking that reverse mite be nice for a project i mite buy. the project i am considering buying is actually very close to your trike i think. http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/rvs/886501391.html

in regards to the roto. i dont have any knowledge of how the gearbox works. is it a standard shaft that comes out of it. i just thot it mite be helpful if i were to buy this trike. any thots on my plans?

 

[jonesie8807]

and i was thinking of buying something like this to put on it.

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/grd/883392426.html

 

[Jblankster]

and i was thinking of buying something like this to put on it.

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/grd/883392426.html

HAH! thats the engine i got off a similiar tiller! BUT it was belt driven, i was thinking of using that stuff too. basically it most likely wont work unless its one unit. the belt driven system was wayyyy to complicated,and wayyyyy too much work for it.

 

[2or3wheels]

that 3 wheeled machine would be mine if i were in SF go for it.

 

[jonesie8807]

ok thanks guys i think i will buy that trike and put a blue engine on it maybe with a tc

 

[jonesie8807]

o and i was wondering do you guys know what is the big metal thing on back of the trike? a differential?

 

[2or3wheels]

i would assume a diff.

 

[Jerryburger]

WOW..... That is one unique trike! I hope you get it so that we can all get a closer look at it. It definitely looks light enough for a Blue Terror to get it going quickly.
As far as the tiller goes, I'd yank all of the useable hardware off of it (motor, pulleys, shafts, bearings, sprockets, etc.) but to be honest the drive system looks like the twin belt thing I had on my tiller. (I did get a lot of useful parts from it, though.)

Those B/S 8hp motors are incredibly torquey!

 

[2or3wheels]

looks like a sproket on the left sideish, look at mounting holes and gestimate where chain will go and it looks like possibly a sproket.

 

[jonesie8807]

Thanks for your input guys. I need to make sure i can afford a new project first but i will definitely post here if i do buy it.