How do I make a Go-Cart out of a vertical shaft engine?
This can not easily be done. It is not possible to turn the engine on its side and run it as a horizontal shaft engine. The engine is designed to run as a horizontal shaft engine and running it in any other position would cause it to not get the proper lubrication it needs and it will quickly fail. I suppose you could have a custom gear set made to change the direction of the power. This would be a custom application and you will not find any ready made parts for this. You would need to contact a good machine shop. However, the cost of having this custom gear set made would exceed the cost of buying a horizontal shaft engine.
