easiest way to make a hmt gixxer kart ?
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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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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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