Searching electric motor.

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Hello everyone,

I gonna use an electric motor and not my briggs & stratton. :)
There are many reasons, it makes less sound, it does not stink, ...

So I'm searching a dc motor and compatible battery's.

The sprocket on my axle is a big, I think it's #41.

My budget is 215$. (batteries included as possible)

Could you recommend me a motor??

Picture of sprocket:


Picture of kart:

 
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you would also need a speed controller or else you kart would be either stop or go.
Are you looking for speed or power?
 
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Speed is max. 25km/u...
Power... yes but not extremely much.
Yes, sorry, I forgot to say that I need also a speed controller... :)
 
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Google e bike/scooter kits or parts. Anything from 500 W upward should do the job (36 V setup). Sprocket could be changed (they are cheap) if it doesn't suit your motor (ratio). Batteries (new ones) will be hard to fit in your budget , so you try scavenging (old UPS batteries for example, pretty much any deep cycle batteries).
P.S.
Cool looking kart
 
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Try Google. I've just typed "e bike components" and got 10 400 000 results.Or, you can type in "e bike kit". I don't know where you live , so you can pick things that are closer to you (shipping costs are considerable sometime) . I tend to order from Chinese directly for my parts (or group buy , when it's cheaper). Have a look see on the internet, to understand what you need and than try e bay (since you're on limited budget, very often you can find bargain there). You can get a kit from evparts , but I strongly suggest you to do as said.
 
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zabac, He obviously knows that he can just type in 'e whatever' into google and come up with a bajillion results. He was wondering if there are any quality distributers that he should start with instead of guessing at whose good in a list a mile long.

Maybe if you have a website you like going to, share it with him. Telling him 'Try Google' is not giving him a good website

GKB, That is a sweet kart and electric would be kickass! I personally do not know any good websites to look for parts, but good luck with the journey!
 
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I know that I wasn't much of a help ,sorry , but also , I don't want to be responsible for misleading someone (e.g. I like brush less motors with a 100 - 200 Amps controller or , quite opposite, junk yard motors , so I can play with them). I don't know his "taste" in motors , controllers or his budget and there are issues with shipping that nobody can predict (one customer is satisfied the next one is furious - with same manufacturer) . I've just tried to point him to do a bit more research, not because I'm too lazy to put some links , but because I think that that is the right way . I try to help (when I can) and , again , I'm sorry for earlier post (I've ,kind of , shortened it , so it came up a bit of insensitive and cold) and I'll post some links if needed.
 
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ehh, a starter motor is meant for momentary use, it will burn up be loud with continuous use.
 
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Starter motors should be heavily modified to use for this kind of stuff and still it is a worse solution.
 
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Cordless power tools (professional stuff) , or better yet , lawn mowers (battery operated) has all the stuff within them for conversion. Some junk yard digging, Craig list or neighbors/friends garages conceals a lot of electric treasures.
 
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Mabe try to find an old electric scooter or two and use the motors and speed controllers from them. I bet 2 of those motors would give you plenty of torque and speed. I have one thats sitting at my grandmas house. Come to think of it, i need to tear into it and use some of the parts. Heres a website that looks like it has good prices:
http://www.electricscooterparts.com
 
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