My gokart

My uncle gave me what left of a gokart.

It needs a lot of work.

Sanded and primered

Then I painted it. Pictures coming soon.

Now I need to find an engine 2 wheels if anyone has anything let me know.

Wow, that looks great! What a cool find!

Later,

Lee

There was a 10 HP sideshaft motor on CL in Colerain that would work.
Also take a look at Harbor Freight. They have 6.5 Hp honda clone engines that you can score for $99 that would be great for that size go cart. They have 1 yr warranty and you can buy extra yrs.

Aryan if you want that engine and trans out of the Ford truck you can have it. If you sell it you can use the money to get parts for your gokart.

Check CL for tires, there are constantly guys parting out old garden tractors that have tires for sale. I know of a guy in N. Ky that does it, also a guy in Okeana Oh that has tons of tractor parts. The go kart clutches are $$$$ though, I was looking into them for another project. OUCH!!!

You look like you have a need for more speed then a push mower engine, but I do have one if it helps.

A push mower will work

You can tell the nut don't fall far from the tree. Young man gets a new ride, first thing he does is take a sawsall to it.  

Lookin' good Kyle!

When do you want the motor? I have to get rid of it before September 23rd.

If you are planning on just mounting motor and dropping on chain to wheel sprocket, a regular push mower motor will not work, they are vertical shaft meaning up/down. You need a motor from an old rototiller, lawn tractor, even a power washer that has horizontal shaft. You could possible use a vertical shaft if you come up with some type of 90* gear box, but that would require some fab work to get it to work correctly.

That is what I was thinking. He needs to figure out the clutch stuff. I think that will be the biggest issue.

Normally they use a side shaft motor with a centrifugal or friction clutch. Other than finding a 90* gear box that can spin pretty fast, not sure how to use a vertical shaft motor.
Junkyard Jeff has his Sears Customs old tractors, they use a 90* box on top of the mowing decks as tractors used the side shaft motors, but vertical pulleys/shafts on the decks. Maybe something like that if you can "scrounge" up the parts  

When I was a young boy my uncle put a chainsaw motor on mine. That thing would fly! 

Kyle wrote:http://cincinnati.craigslist.org/mcy/3950768646.html

Yep, can't beat a little honda motor.

cut the rear out of a lawn mower and mount the engine close to the rear end. you will have to find a shorter belt since your moving the engine closer to the rear end but you can get smaller and bigger pulleys to make it go faster. find the right pulley setup and it will fly, and you can put big knobbies on the back!!