What engine to buy if i want to start racing

[Monkieh]

Howdy there folks,

I'd like your guys' opinion on what engine I should buy, i want to start karting competative. Im going to buy a CRG-Chassis, What engine shall i begin with? 125cc?


Thanks in advance
Jules

 

[MTNSleder]

One that's faster then your competitor Your an American eh? You see my location, Put your rough location in your profile..

 

[Bbqjoe]

Howdy there folks,

I'd like your guys' opinion on what engine I should buy, i want to start karting competative. Im going to buy a CRG-Chassis, What engine shall i begin with? 125cc?


Thanks in advance
Jules

A most obvious question, to say the least.
What else is there?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp9a8gp_yLo

 

[Monkieh]

Im from the netherlands

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One that's faster then your competitor Your an American eh? You see my location, Put your rough location in your profile..

Im from Holland

 

[Ebrownie]

Well a Honda gx200 or a similar clone is very common. These are just industrial 6.5 hp 4 strokes. If you want to race a shifter kart, go with an 80cc or 125cc 2 stroke dirt bike engine. These make a lot of power, though, and could be dangerous if you don't have much experience. It all depends on what you want. Go to a local track and talk to some people that race in your area.

 

[cjj]

I do not know your laws in go kart racing where you are racing, but a good powerful fast and not to heavy motor for a go kart would be a CR 125 Honda engine, (2 stroke) if you can get your hands on one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGOVAXL9kMA

 

[Flyinhillbilly]

The best one that you can afford.

 

[itsid]

Wrong way around Monkieh!

Go to a race, check what classes you got in your area, then choose one to compete in.
200cc four stroke? well then the GX200 is the engine for you...
BSP class? you might need a sealed block, which can only be bough from the race officials
(well a validly sealed one that is)

100cc 2 stroke classes? YOu need a 100cc engine..
125cc shifter you need such engine of course.. and
it MUST NOT be a motorcycle engine but a kart TAG engine
(engines like that cost around 4000 € new, so be prepared)

AND:
ALL OF THESE need different chassis.
a Shifter kart chassis is different from a 100cc DD chassis,
and both of them are different from 4 stroke chassis.

So yeah, in order to make a good decision if you want to spend time and money on competetive racing,
buy a kart you are actually allowed to race.
(there's no point in building a kart that you are not allowed to race, right?)

And there's no point in buying a crg 2stroke chassis, when the class you want to compete in ends up being a 200cc four stroke class.

'sid

 

[Joe-405]

The touch and go or TAG is the best and usually still the biggest classes. It's also the easiest to learn in. The kt100 classes used to the biggest but the tags are ahead these days.