I want to know what gauges I can install on a baja reaction 150 go kart since it has none. the needle gauges are nice but I don't know if the will work. I'd prefer needle gauges but I'll use digital. I need to know how to hook them up. I've never done this before, New to karts.
What gauges can I put in an air cooled 150 cc go kart?
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speedo
from a bike shop
a tacho
put a wire around the spark plug so it can count sparks
if u realy want a temp gauge
u can put anything u want in but only the first two are the common ones
if u call gauges in a kart common
from a bike shop
a tacho
put a wire around the spark plug so it can count sparks
if u realy want a temp gauge
u can put anything u want in but only the first two are the common ones
if u call gauges in a kart common
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You have to find out what you have to work with, and work with it. For example, if you do not have a 12v electrical system, most common gauges are useless to you.
If you have a single-cylinder engine, you can't use a multi-cylinder tach. Further to that, even a tach from a motorcycle engine probably triggers differently, your engine may not support it.
Most temp gauges are meant to be immersed in coolant, and thread into a boss in the engine. You do not have this threaded hole. If you wanted to, you could probably just epoxy it to the cylinder head, but again- got 12 volts?
Basically, what I'm getting at here, is that except for the Tiny Tach mentioned above, and a very expensive racing unit- your gauge choices are almost none and would require some serious thought to adapt to your application- If even possible at all (but mostly not).
I (and others) have managed to make use of a bicycle speedometer. Check this thread- http://www.diygokarts.com/vb/showthread.php?t=7450&highlight=wanna+speedo
If you have a single-cylinder engine, you can't use a multi-cylinder tach. Further to that, even a tach from a motorcycle engine probably triggers differently, your engine may not support it.
Most temp gauges are meant to be immersed in coolant, and thread into a boss in the engine. You do not have this threaded hole. If you wanted to, you could probably just epoxy it to the cylinder head, but again- got 12 volts?
Basically, what I'm getting at here, is that except for the Tiny Tach mentioned above, and a very expensive racing unit- your gauge choices are almost none and would require some serious thought to adapt to your application- If even possible at all (but mostly not).
I (and others) have managed to make use of a bicycle speedometer. Check this thread- http://www.diygokarts.com/vb/showthread.php?t=7450&highlight=wanna+speedo
Doc Sprocket
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Does it use a 12v battery for starting the engine?
you can have a cht guage with thermo couple washer thingy under the sparkplug. Same as on aircooled aircraft and fancy racing karts etc
get one of these and then find some guage to hook it up to...
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