We built this track for this guy at his house last summer, he build these things, with a 500cc runs on alcohol, 100 hp, on wiegh, 170lbs or something. i got a chance to test drive one, the thing ripped hard
Snowmobile motor on go kart
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I built this one in my garage at home. It was a 2002 ART chassis when I picked it up. Basically a Henchcraft copy. The chassis had a 1100 air cooled Suzuki in it on alcohol. We stripped it and went to work...
Here is a completed cockpit picture, Tel Tac because you never had time on a 3/8 mile track to check RPMs and a Power commander to program the fuel injection. Adjusted it under cautions or red flags etc... Flat wheel, starter button and a quick flip shut off switch. Shrader steering gear. Notice the pads zip tied to the gear. Your knees rested against these pads and yes when hitting pot holes at 100 - 120 mph you banged your knees around.
Just a quick picture of the motor mounts I had to fabricate to adapt the GSXR engines to the motor plate.
Here is the install of a Gixxer 750. Stock 2003 engine. Fuel cell bladder started to come apart, clogging the injectors and burned this motor down in Williston North Dakota after 2 races
Wiring..... This thing had about 80 wires coming out of the ECM. I shortened all wires to about 12" from a stock bike wire harness. Tricky part is that most bikes (fuelies) have a security wire leading to the ecm. Many people are fooled when their project will not start after it is done. A trip to Radio Shack and a 1000 ohm resistor fooled the ecm to think the bike engine had the origional ignition switch in it.
Home early one night. Made 3 laps on a APE prepped Gixxer 1000 on alky. I hit a rock out on the track with the oil pan and lunched the engine. That was about a $14,000 mistake. Pictured here was the wing at only 14 degree pitch. Anything over 16 degrees on a big 3/8 mile track would make the chassis wheel stand when you moved the wing back for traction as the tires heated up during the race. I had an electric wing slider with the switch just above the right upper of the steering wheel so it could bumped to adjust the wing without taking your hand off the steering wheel. Full size sprints normally run twice as much wing pitch. Lower right wing sideboard is trimmed for visibility. This is my short sideboard wing 52" I normally preferred the 60" sidepanels. Panels were trimmed on the lower edge on the right side for visibility on the 52", 60" you had no visibility so you had to know where other drivers were and trust them
Yes, my number is copyrighted. If you think that vid of the go cart earlier in the thread rocks from the in car cam, You have to experience one of these rockets on dirt with 25 to 30 cars on a track at once.
Star Wars baby.... hyperdrive !!
Adrenaline rush !
LOL... now this is what I call a superior go-cart
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Here is a completed cockpit picture, Tel Tac because you never had time on a 3/8 mile track to check RPMs and a Power commander to program the fuel injection. Adjusted it under cautions or red flags etc... Flat wheel, starter button and a quick flip shut off switch. Shrader steering gear. Notice the pads zip tied to the gear. Your knees rested against these pads and yes when hitting pot holes at 100 - 120 mph you banged your knees around.
Just a quick picture of the motor mounts I had to fabricate to adapt the GSXR engines to the motor plate.
Here is the install of a Gixxer 750. Stock 2003 engine. Fuel cell bladder started to come apart, clogging the injectors and burned this motor down in Williston North Dakota after 2 races
Wiring..... This thing had about 80 wires coming out of the ECM. I shortened all wires to about 12" from a stock bike wire harness. Tricky part is that most bikes (fuelies) have a security wire leading to the ecm. Many people are fooled when their project will not start after it is done. A trip to Radio Shack and a 1000 ohm resistor fooled the ecm to think the bike engine had the origional ignition switch in it.
Home early one night. Made 3 laps on a APE prepped Gixxer 1000 on alky. I hit a rock out on the track with the oil pan and lunched the engine. That was about a $14,000 mistake. Pictured here was the wing at only 14 degree pitch. Anything over 16 degrees on a big 3/8 mile track would make the chassis wheel stand when you moved the wing back for traction as the tires heated up during the race. I had an electric wing slider with the switch just above the right upper of the steering wheel so it could bumped to adjust the wing without taking your hand off the steering wheel. Full size sprints normally run twice as much wing pitch. Lower right wing sideboard is trimmed for visibility. This is my short sideboard wing 52" I normally preferred the 60" sidepanels. Panels were trimmed on the lower edge on the right side for visibility on the 52", 60" you had no visibility so you had to know where other drivers were and trust them
Yes, my number is copyrighted. If you think that vid of the go cart earlier in the thread rocks from the in car cam, You have to experience one of these rockets on dirt with 25 to 30 cars on a track at once.
Star Wars baby.... hyperdrive !!
Adrenaline rush !
LOL... now this is what I call a superior go-cart
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Every body is talking more about buggies than carts.
Years ago we put a 340 free air Polaris in a true go cart. The one you sit like 2 inches off the ground and the brake is a pad that clamps against the wheel when you push the brake peddle. It had a 3 horse briggs and stratton in it, we figured the 340 free air would be better.
You couldn't drive the thing. It was like a motor on skids. We'd give it a little throttle and it would spin the tires and then get motoring so fast that when you turned the wheels it just kept going straight. Probably a miracle we didn't get killed.
As it turns out, there is such a thing as too high of a power to weight ratio.
sled_guy
Years ago we put a 340 free air Polaris in a true go cart. The one you sit like 2 inches off the ground and the brake is a pad that clamps against the wheel when you push the brake peddle. It had a 3 horse briggs and stratton in it, we figured the 340 free air would be better.
You couldn't drive the thing. It was like a motor on skids. We'd give it a little throttle and it would spin the tires and then get motoring so fast that when you turned the wheels it just kept going straight. Probably a miracle we didn't get killed.
As it turns out, there is such a thing as too high of a power to weight ratio.
sled_guy
When I was 12-13 my step-dad and brother built me a go-cart with an old ski-doo (early 70's??) motor in it, clutch and all. It was so freakin fast I could barely hold onto it. I went through a set of back tires every week...what a blast. Thanks! I almost forgot about that! 
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My first go cart had hard rubber tires on it and an old wisconsin engine on it off a generator. I came burning across our front lawn, crossed the sidewalk and seen stars from the impact of the bump. Pretty much stuck with Honda Odesseys after that.
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so whats the big deal.. lets throw that biotch in a frame and kick up a massive rooster tail 100 mph over some woops
if that don't kill us then round two will be a 100 ft gap
if that don't kill us then round two will be a 100 ft gap
100mph homemade go kart. uses 470cc snowmobile motor.
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/100mph-homemade-go-kart_68517.htm
now thats awesome lol
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/100mph-homemade-go-kart_68517.htm
now thats awesome lol
on that thing...hell yea.
i can just see it now.... first gokart front flipped over woops
nah... this thing is gonna need some badass suspension and alotta tread on the tires
Definetly goin to need some really good suspension and tons of tread on the tires cuz it probly wont see any smooth road,
Maybe look up PI-2 on AmSnow.
I think he's done bunch of turbo triples and one off stuff like this:
"Summer toy, go kart w/1000 T-Cat engine
Adult open class road racing go kart with stock 1000 cc 170 hp T cat engine 44 megatrons Micro belmont clutches Digatron EGT and rpm gauges front and rear wings Not for kids Built to run 200 mph All new never ran in competition Stored for 8 years Could be used for drag racing on asphalt 350 hp
Posted to For Sale (Forum) by PI-2 on 05-09-2008"
I think he's done bunch of turbo triples and one off stuff like this:
"Summer toy, go kart w/1000 T-Cat engine
Adult open class road racing go kart with stock 1000 cc 170 hp T cat engine 44 megatrons Micro belmont clutches Digatron EGT and rpm gauges front and rear wings Not for kids Built to run 200 mph All new never ran in competition Stored for 8 years Could be used for drag racing on asphalt 350 hp
Posted to For Sale (Forum) by PI-2 on 05-09-2008"
