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who has shifter ideas and pics for making a shifter for motorcycle engine go kart
Shifter Ideas needed please
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i have a book which tells you how to build motorcycle engined cars. Will find relevent pictures and scan up once i find the book
but basicaly i think most often just a cable conected to the old foot lever/linkages up to a hand paddle behind the wheel or a simple forwards and backwards lever
but basicaly i think most often just a cable conected to the old foot lever/linkages up to a hand paddle behind the wheel or a simple forwards and backwards lever
anderkart
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yeh they usualy use bike engines.
i may be able to find some pics i took a while back of the setup used on formula suzuki cars. (single seater circuit cars which use the suzuki hyabusa engine) Was thinking of puting a bike engine in one of my cars a while back
i may be able to find some pics i took a while back of the setup used on formula suzuki cars. (single seater circuit cars which use the suzuki hyabusa engine) Was thinking of puting a bike engine in one of my cars a while back
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i found the book. Its this one:
its dosn't realy have any pictures showing how to do it. Just says to make a lever and conect it to the gearbox with a rod or cable.
yeh
I would give most anything to drive this car.
Hence why I'm going to college for engineering and ensuring that Formula SAE is a part of their engineering program.
But anyways, for a shifter, with a dirtbike/quad style engine at least, rotate the splined shifter vertical, but make sure it's about 3-4" tall. Then, drill a hole in the shifter and in a connecting rod and bolt them together so that the rod can rotate on the shifter arm. Bring this rod into the cockpit and attach it below the cockpit shift lever's pivot point so that forward is upshift and backward is downshift.
For info on FSAE... I know that the Univ. of Pittsburgh vehicle could go 0-60 in 3.9 seconds! And they didn't come close to winning the competition.
But anyways, for a shifter, with a dirtbike/quad style engine at least, rotate the splined shifter vertical, but make sure it's about 3-4" tall. Then, drill a hole in the shifter and in a connecting rod and bolt them together so that the rod can rotate on the shifter arm. Bring this rod into the cockpit and attach it below the cockpit shift lever's pivot point so that forward is upshift and backward is downshift.
For info on FSAE... I know that the Univ. of Pittsburgh vehicle could go 0-60 in 3.9 seconds! And they didn't come close to winning the competition.
i seen that link . we could use some more ideas though.
who about a shifter set up like a sequential transmission.
normal spot. but a rod with springs to keep it center.
almost like a dirt bike gear shifter but inverted to use with the hand
i would like to see some more pics. ima look for some. il need to do this myself soon
who about a shifter set up like a sequential transmission.
normal spot. but a rod with springs to keep it center.
almost like a dirt bike gear shifter but inverted to use with the hand
i would like to see some more pics. ima look for some. il need to do this myself soon
anderkart
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I think using a shift rod is a simpler method, but a heavy-duty shift cable would work just fine too.
Here's some pics of a DIY shifter kart I had awhile back.
Like redsox said, the engines foot-shift lever was simply loosened/removed, and then reinstalled pointing straight up.
Then on my kart the shift-linkage rod was attached like this pic:
This kart then had the shift rod running through a pivot-point in the karts frame. (just so the shift-rod would line up with the shift-lever) But simply bending a longer 1-piece shift-rod to fit the kart and line everything up would have been a much simpler solution and would have worked just fine instead.
And then the linkage rod was attached to a shift lever, that simply moved forward and back to shift the transmission. The shift pattern was just the same as before, but now you could just use your hand instead of your foot to shift:
(as you can see, the motorcycles original clutch lever was simply clamped onto the shift lever)
Here's some pics of a DIY shifter kart I had awhile back.
Like redsox said, the engines foot-shift lever was simply loosened/removed, and then reinstalled pointing straight up.
Then on my kart the shift-linkage rod was attached like this pic:
This kart then had the shift rod running through a pivot-point in the karts frame. (just so the shift-rod would line up with the shift-lever) But simply bending a longer 1-piece shift-rod to fit the kart and line everything up would have been a much simpler solution and would have worked just fine instead.
And then the linkage rod was attached to a shift lever, that simply moved forward and back to shift the transmission. The shift pattern was just the same as before, but now you could just use your hand instead of your foot to shift:
(as you can see, the motorcycles original clutch lever was simply clamped onto the shift lever)
I believe they now use 600cc Honda engines.
This is exactly what I described above. It's quite simple. As Anderkart said, his system works, but is overly complicated.
what about a paddle behind steering wheel?
then you dont have ta take your hand off the wheel to change gear
thats the setup they use on formula challenge cars over here which run the old gs1100 bandit engines i think
you could always email them. Or look online at what they do in the UK. So many bike engined kit car constructors over there
then you dont have ta take your hand off the wheel to change gear
thats the setup they use on formula challenge cars over here which run the old gs1100 bandit engines i think
you could always email them. Or look online at what they do in the UK. So many bike engined kit car constructors over there
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Bike trannies are sequential. Therefore, no matter how you arrange the mechanism- even a column shift- will be sequential... Like it or not!
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