where can i find a cheap go kart engine?

[nissinator]

i am looking for a cheap working go kart engine. any idea where to get one?

 

[Russ2251]

Define cheap.

 

[gokart14]

ebay

 

[robbie]

Find out where your local auctioneers publish their advertisements. Look in your local newspaper, free classified ads, or weekly junk mail classified ads. Around here they don't advertise in the paper, they use the Wednesday free junk mail ads, which seems funny to me, but that's what they do here.

Once you figure out where to find the auction ads, keep your eye on them every week. They usually will publish a partial list of interesting items in the upcoming auctions. Go to any auction that advertises a tiller. These usually have 5 or 8 horse briggs side-shaft engines. As a bonus, if the tiller is a piece of crap you can usually win the auction and take the engine home for next to nothing.

I saw an auction listing a couple of weeks ago where they were selling two tillers and a water pump. Too bad I was broke at the time so I didn't go....

 

[fowler]

i dont know if u have these in america but u can go to a police auction where all the confuscated stuff or turned in stuff that never got claimed goes on sale
for very cheap
or get a wreaked bike from an insurance company

 

[Varnish]

I'm just starting a go kart project and placed an ad on craigslist for a horizontal shaft motor, got three possible donors so far - a free 5hp tecumseh snowblower that needs a carb, a working 5hp generac pressure washer motor for $50, and a 8hp honda snowblower motor for $50. I live in a small town too so if you had more people I'm sure you'd generate all kinds of options pretty quick.

 

[kfosburg]

Harbor Freight sidewalk sale + 20% off coupon. I think there is one coming up in a few weeks or less. A bunch of us got the 6.5 clone for about $75.