Motorcycles, Snowmobiles, Go-Carts, ATV's and Golf Carts - Go Kart engine/suspension question

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Off_The_Wall
08-08-08, 04:10 AM
i was hope'n someone here could help me out i'm about to put a so cylinder belt drive snowmobile motor on my go cart frame and i was wondering if i could just run the belt straight to a the standard axle or should i get like a tourqe converter or what? and i was wondering if someone could tell me how or show me a site telling how to make a indepent suspension front and back and how hard would it be and how much would it cost me maybe? thanks


oneofamill
08-08-08, 05:16 AM
It's a little hard understanding your message without periods, commas, and paragraphs, but if I read it right, you want to slap a snowmobile engine into a go-cart. Correct?

It could be to your advantage to keep as much of the sled drive system as you can, because changing over to a clutch might get a little involved.

Suspension is a whole new ballpark. You have to consider available space, geometry of the suspension, travel, spring loading, etc.

Good luck

Off_The_Wall
08-09-08, 03:09 AM
haha sorry i was in a hurry when i posted it...but yess i want to throw one of those on my Go Kart frame and i've desided not to do a suspension too much time and plus i'm not really going off road with mine. but your say try to make it pull like the original snowmobile pulled as much as possible right?


oneofamill
08-09-08, 05:27 AM
but your say try to make it pull like the original snowmobile pulled as much as possible right?
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