How Do You Create A Go Kart With A Lawnmower Engine?
• Get a suitable gokart frame that can support both a vertical shaft engine (either off of a riding mower or just a push mower) and a lawnmower gear box (non-transaxle set-up). • Weld a metal plate onto the frame that can support both motor and transmission. • Bolt down both motor and transmission, but motor position is not as important as the transmission. Line the transmission up to align with the gear on the rear axle. • Change the sprocket size on transmission to about a 16 tooth gear. • Utilize, for clutching, either the manual belt slip clutch off of the lawnmower, or buy a centrifical force clutch. Have a 1 to 1 ratio from motor to transmission. Attach throttle cable to throttle linkage on carburetor.
• Get a suitable go kart frame that can support both a vertical shaft engine (either off of a riding mower or just a push mower) and a lawnmower gear box (non-trans axle set-up). • Weld a metal plate onto the frame that can support both motor and transmission. • Bolt down both motor and transmission, but motor position is not as important as the transmission. Line the transmission up to align with the gear on the rear axle. • Change the sprocket size on transmission to about a 16 tooth gear. • Utilize, for clutching, either the manual belt slip clutch off of the lawnmower, or buy a centrifical force clutch. Have a 1 to 1 ratio from motor to transmission. Attach throttle cable to throttle linkage on carburetor.
