Blown Gokart... OH Yea
 

Hay guys! I;v know of the site for a year or so, so I figured i'd join in the comrodery< (not spelled right). Anyway I was making a gokart one day and decited that five hp wasent enuf, and I rememberd the story you had about those shity, so called "eletric blowers". Why, not good for a car, How about a gokart!!! So Im half way done and will post how I did it and and other ---- I did. I also sugest someone else try this!!

Later.

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Because it still cannot produce enough forced air to feed even a 5hp go-cart engine. It is not designed to create boost, and therefore will not be able to. i suggesst that if you are serious about this project of yours, you shsould look into a really small (real) turbo. These can be had by calling up most any garret dealer.

Good luck! ;)

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I agree, a could you imagine how fun a turbo go-cart would be. I say, go for it, and depending on how much it costs you, I bet others (me ;D) would try something similar. Go carts are the ----, if they had say, 10-15 more horses, then they would be the ----. Or you could go all out, build the motor, and how knows, you might put out as much power as an HF motor (half kidding ;))

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i had a neighbor a while ago that had a gokart. it had four slicks and had a build yz125 motorcycle engine in it. it only had one gear and it went 70+ mph. he wouldn't even let his kid drive it. i saw him on it a couple times and that fucker held the road like no ones buisness. it had a big spoiler in front and one in back. he was going like 60 mph on a old country road up and down hills. it was crazy. go karts are definatly fun :)

Johnny

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We considered using a belt driven smog pump (with a small pulley) hooked on the axle of a go cart, feeding air into the intake. We were just about to do it... Maybe in the near future?

Jeff

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Iv'e seen the motorcycle engine go carts with all the gears in effect... Linkage to the shifter of the engine, makes it shift like a rachet shifter.... Clutch ,e.t.c....
No idea how fast these things are. but i can see it trying to wheele on shift :D

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I used to own a 80cc shifter kart. my top speed w/cose ratio tranny was about 90mph. with stock gearing it would do about 100mph.also there is a guy in cali that builds custom barstool racers and one of his personnal racers has a turbocharged honda 8hp motor.

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now that is what I am talking about. 90+ in a gocart ;D ;D
Its a rush doing 80+ on a quad, and gocarts are SO much lower. I want one of these gocarts

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shifter karts arent as expensive as people think. I paid $1500 for a used chasis, bought a 93 yz80 engine for $300 and threw about $200 in for better pipe and silencer . there you have it, $1500 for the time of your life . if you really have some balls, I have a built kx250 motor that would probably take it to about 125-140.

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my little brother uses an old mazda rx7 smog pump on his go kart. he hand welded the entire chassis himself too, all from scratch. he has 4 slicks and a ATV differential too, the thing is insane. he has a honda 5 horse motor on it, and that thing runs circles around anything that any of the local kids have. he only had the smog pump on for a while, he cant get the air/fuel mixture right. he hasnt had time to work on it lately, cause i just sold him my old 5-speed maxima and now he has a girlfriend, his own business, etc. and the s-o-b is only 17. sheesh, what a life. by the way, he makes remote control car chassis for traxxas rustlers and other cars, his company is called nightmare racing, hes gonna be advertising in car action soon, his chassis are some of the best ive ever seen, in case anyone is interested.