What engine should i get

[TheMancoMonkey]

I need something that has really high revs, something i can use for drifting. I know bike engines are great but they are so frikken expensive. I am looking at like the 900+ cc engines. I also thought about exchanging the sprockets on the axel and engine. Would that work ???????

 

[jrmints1415]

a bike engine would be your best bet for that high displacement. You could also get a snowmobile, atv, or even a jet ski motor (with modifications to cooling). Just keep looking on CL and you will find something. Where are you located??

 

[redsox985]

What kind of kart is this going into? Usually anything with a 900+cc motor doesn't go into a drift kart, these are usually offroad vehicles. Although, that would be an impressive street/drift kart.

 

[firekiller52]

to be honest a 200 cc or 250cc 2 cycle dirtbike or atv engine would be the best option for a drift setup, you have to factor in you need the torque quick enough with as little weight as possible, and i know for a fact that even a 100 cc dirtbike has a torque curve like a freakin lightswitch, i sent a kx 250 into a backflip in front of me when i was riding on flat pavement....

 

[outdooz]

a bike engine would be your best bet for that high displacement. You could also get a snowmobile, atv, or even a jet ski motor (with modifications to cooling). Just keep looking on CL and you will find something. Where are you located??

What is CL?

 

[Rustydog2010]

Craigslist

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[jrmints1415]

do not buy new, get used.

 

[TheMancoMonkey]

thanks

a bike engine would be your best bet for that high displacement. You could also get a snowmobile, atv, or even a jet ski motor (with modifications to cooling). Just keep looking on CL and you will find something. Where are you located??

---> Me and my dad did buy a jat ski like a year ago and we keep it in storage. Its a two stroke kawasaki but that thing has like 180 hp and that is not for the go kart i have.

 

[TheMancoMonkey]

Its a manco go kart. the link is below. but i dont want anything too powerful because it has a steering problem which i am working on fixing now.

Here is what the go kart is..... http://www.softdisk.com/sites/gokarts/suspensionkarts.htm
It is the 6.5 horsepower model

 

[TheMancoMonkey]

i have a torque converter on my go kart right now but if i get a new motor i am trashing that because it annoys the hell out of me.

 

[TheMancoMonkey]

I was looking into some small engines ( dirtbike) but i had not though about like snowmobile engines. Ill do some research on that later

 

[HellSpawn]

If this is a factory Manco, and you intend on drifting on pavement, I hope you plan on lowering the thing and possibly giving it a wider wheelbase.

It wont drift otherwise, it'll roll over on itself before you know it.

 

[TheMancoMonkey]

yeah i know ill also put slicks on it.

 

[Doc Sprocket]

i have a torque converter on my go kart right now but if i get a new motor i am trashing that because it annoys the hell out of me.

Send it to me. I promise I won't be annoyed with it. What's wrong with it?