Victa go kart info needed.

[OzFab]

You may live to regret letting that little gem slip ak

 

[ak99]

You may live to regret letting that little gem slip ak

It's ok, I have plenty of parts here.

And I'm married, so there is only so much I can keep before comments (threats) are made.......

 

[sideways]

You could use a carb from one of the Chinese pit bikes, we tried this also and performance is great. You will need to make up a manifold for it and install a port for the decompressor tube. These carbs are available on ebay ex Melbourne for about $45. I'm going to use one of these on my 160. I will post some pics over the weekend and you will see the manifold.

Got a pic of your set up? I've been thinking of getting one of those for a Victa.

I've got a Carb off a large chainsaw that I'm planning to use on a future Victa mini bike project. If I remember correctly it has a throat size a tiny bit smaller than a G3 but a much larger venturi so it will flow better. More importantly to me, it has high and low speed fuel adjustment (vs a g3 where nothing is adjustable), it's a diaphragm carb so I can mount it how ever I like and it has an inbuilt fuel pump.

 

[ak99]

Got a pic of your set up? I've been thinking of getting one of those for a Victa.

I'll make a note to take a photo tomorrow in the daylight - I ran out of time over the weekend..

It would be interesting to see how a carb from a large chainsaw goes. I don't know what size the chainsaw carb on my friend's Kart was, or what saw it came from. We never got his to run well, but that could have been a carb full of old sawdust too!

My manifold will suit a normal float bowl carb. I still have to install a port for the decompressor - I definitely want to keep the decomp, I have started a Victa without one before.....

Cheers

 

[sideways]

With my legendary reputation for not finishing projects and my current position in life, you might be waiting a while.

It's amazing how hard they are to start without the decomp. I've got a Robin DY27 diesel that's arguably no harder to pull start! Fwiw the decompressors work fine without the line hooked up. Obviously make provisions for it if you can though.

I might have to blow my student spec budget and buy this. Not only is it a Victa setup as a horizontal engine, it appears to have the 5/8" keyed shaft! I don't really have a use for it but so much want.

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/applecross/other-home-garden/victa-edger/1029165403#

I could stick it on my go kart, I've already got a 160 for that but I don't see why it wouldn't be possible to fit a 160 top end to a 125 bottom end with nothing more than a custom little end bush or by rebuilding this crank using a <1974 160 conrod. Might even simply be able to use the pre '74 160 bushing.... Hmmmm I might have to go rummage through some parts.....

 

[ak99]

Here's my Manifold

The flange is about 70mm. The engine side fits over the inlet spigot and mounts hard against it with an o ring.

I will be making a brace, because with the carb hanging off the manifold the whole assembly will be heavy and more than likely vibrate loose.

When I get the carb I will post another pic of it.

By the way, Sideways - Grab that edger if you can, they don't come up very often!!

 

[sideways]

Wow! That looks awesome! You should turn up a velocity stack to go with it too!