[MoJoMowerman]

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found this today and debating on making it a 4 hp Go-cart. I found some nos rings but it has good compression. I gave a old go-cart frame to my daughters boyfriend but I will have to see if he ever used it. The go-cart is one of those old ones I road as a young kid back in the 1960s. Or try to find some parts for the chainsaw. What to do?. What to do?

 

[MoJoMowerman]

Or throttle them down low enough to hold them down and run and jump in and go because of the direct drive.

 

[MoJoMowerman]

I am to old for the the need for speed. I could port it but no, I just was thinking of going back to the 1960s when I might have weighed 40 pounds. I know we could get 18 hp from a 6.5 hp preditor engine for racing. But those days are over. But I don't want to modify a old classic engine and keep it stock for the family to ride. I have a few of the Mccullock engines that would be a good choice for that. Thanks guys with great ideas though.

 

[MoJoMowerman]

Thanks. That is why I asked. If I was 20 younger I would not even being asking. I would just be taking it apart and sypher the shape it is in.

I bought out 3 old engine shops 20 years ago and I have all these parts. I found a old Clinton boat engine that matches one of mine. I visit two scrap yards a week and that is where I find a lot of old stuff. Thanks men.

 

[MoJoMowerman]

I use to have a 4bbl carb. If you are still needing one, I can check. It would need rebuilt. But it came off a 1978 chevy truck.

 

[MoJoMowerman]

My Grandmother had a cottage along that lake on the NY side. Spent a lot of summers in our sea shore shack back in the 60s. We never had perch that big in Pa. How long have they been riding on the lake like that?

 

[MoJoMowerman]

My buddy next store builds racing carts. It is amazing how he can watch temperatures on every part of the engine. He can watch rpms and all remotely. He loves the Predator engines for price and easy to build. He is taking a 6.5 engine and getting about 19 hp out of it. Amazing.

 

[MoJoMowerman]

I built a go-cart from a bed frame when I was 9-10 with the help from a neighbor who had a shop in a detached garage. Most everything was made from scratch - boy did I learn a lot. The engine was from a Mercury 2 cyl 2 man chainsaw. It was quite old and this was the mid 60s. I can't remember how I overcame the centrifugal clutch issue.

Did you use a clutch or direct drive?