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easiest way to make a hmt gixxer kart ?
im gettin somewhat serious about making a motorcycle powered go kart now that i have a welder and can fabricate ---- as nessisary. im not sure id want to attmept to build one from scratch though. anyone know how gay it would be to try and install one in a off road go kart with a blown motor if i can find one? or a speedkart chassis? probly whatever i can get my hands on cheapest
my backup plan is electric go kart like http://www.popularmechanics.com/home...p/4264026.html or probly more like http://www.neurotikart.com/ |
Re: easiest way to make a hmt gixxer kart ?
I am going to start building my son's cart soon. He's already three so I need to get cracking. He is only getting a 5hp Honda motor that I already have.
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lame. get him a dirtbike motor at least and some football gear
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d-series is the easiest way. cut front clip off of honda, weld frame from bumper forward. DONE
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i would love to use a d series but it would need to have a transmission in the oil pan
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Re: easiest way to make a hmt gixxer kart ?
I've got a Yamaha XS400 engine that I'm pulling inplace of a single 500. I've got everything besides the carbs.
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What about a snowmobile engine? No trans to deal with, just your final gearbox.
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i want to build a shifter kart so god damned bad over this winter. i have this dream of doing the clover leafs on the interstate by my place at like 60 at 3 am
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skip the bullshit and go to 3:28. ------- BAD ASS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR9Qt...eature=related |
good luck on the build
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looks like it could get interesting post pics of the build!
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---- a 125cc shifter kart is fast enough it beat my buddies built type-r crx to 100mph. it was a really funny race because they were about the same size lol
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What you need to do is buy a Yamaha light body, its one of the larger karts that run, because you are going to need to have enough, what ever bike motor you are going to use should fit, but do not go with a harley or any cruising motor because they will simply be boring. Personally, I have chosen to attempt to do this with a gsx-r 1000 motor, which seems to be one of the hardest to do this, and maybe after I find away to get traction I will turbo it hahah. But you are going to need to buy some 1-1/4" X 20' X .083 roll cage tubing, most convienient for me to do this with because I had it for a cage laying around, it will be easier to fabricate motor mounts for it if you almost replicate the motorcycles frame at that point. Than you are going to need to find a good enough sprocket for your axle, and I also am looking for upgrade because I believe it will snap like a twig with this motor. You are pretty much going to have to build bars high enough to support the engine from the front half of the car to the rear of it, mine has ended up being about 1.5 feet high total, and I am building a small stainless heat shield between the engine and my back for precaution, becuase it is a tight little fit. Seeing as I am short and I did need to move the seat up for size purposes I had no problem, but if you are tall you might have to perform some sort of extension to the frame, and in that case I hope you are good with you TIG setup. Now onto the mechanicals, I moved the fuel tank and pump assembly up to the front right of the cart, there was an open enough area to do this so it was all pretty easy to do, I just used metal strapping to mount the tank. Than I bought all -an line for all fueling purposes because 1. I want it to last, 2. I want to look good, and 3. it needs to be able to move and flex without worrying about kinks, and if I do a turbo it runs right where that would sit. Now I just got a **full** running motor that I needed to just drop in so I did not have to worry about buying any parts, so it was pretty straight forward install, just make it fit. I am not fully done but as I go I will update with what to do for such things that I have not mentioned.
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lol
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Buy an 18'er and weld together some frame. After sturdy enough for your bouncing ass throw a motor on the back with some tie downs.
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Originally Posted by RyAn007
(Post 1277633)
What you need to do is buy a Yamaha light body, its one of the larger karts that run, because you are going to need to have enough, what ever bike motor you are going to use should fit, but do not go with a harley or any cruising motor because they will simply be boring. Personally, I have chosen to attempt to do this with a gsx-r 1000 motor, which seems to be one of the hardest to do this, and maybe after I find away to get traction I will turbo it hahah. But you are going to need to buy some 1-1/4" X 20' X .083 roll cage tubing, most convienient for me to do this with because I had it for a cage laying around, it will be easier to fabricate motor mounts for it if you almost replicate the motorcycles frame at that point. Than you are going to need to find a good enough sprocket for your axle, and I also am looking for upgrade because I believe it will snap like a twig with this motor. You are pretty much going to have to build bars high enough to support the engine from the front half of the car to the rear of it, mine has ended up being about 1.5 feet high total, and I am building a small stainless heat shield between the engine and my back for precaution, becuase it is a tight little fit. Seeing as I am short and I did need to move the seat up for size purposes I had no problem, but if you are tall you might have to perform some sort of extension to the frame, and in that case I hope you are good with you TIG setup. Now onto the mechanicals, I moved the fuel tank and pump assembly up to the front right of the cart, there was an open enough area to do this so it was all pretty easy to do, I just used metal strapping to mount the tank. Than I bought all -an line for all fueling purposes because 1. I want it to last, 2. I want to look good, and 3. it needs to be able to move and flex without worrying about kinks, and if I do a turbo it runs right where that would sit. Now I just got a **full** running motor that I needed to just drop in so I did not have to worry about buying any parts, so it was pretty straight forward install, just make it fit. I am not fully done but as I go I will update with what to do for such things that I have not mentioned.
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