Clinton Motor

I would guess YES,because in all the years I've fooled with small engines (at least 45!),I've NEVER seen a 2 stroke Clinton!...some 4 strokes yes,but no 2 strokes...maybe they just weren't popular around here,but its not all that common to see even 4 stroke Clintons around much anymore here..

I had a few old "Power Products" 2 strokes I wish I hung onto now...they were cool looking ,sweet running engines,and are very collectible nowadays..back when I found the ones I had on old push mowers,they were in the trash on the curb!..

Clinton made gocart engines....

Looks a lot like the little Clintons and Power Products engines we used to use on hay elevators and grain augers. Those would typically have a spark arrestor muffler on them. Those things would get abused year after year and just keep on running. We mixed the gas extra rich with oil and wired the throttle open at quite a bit above the governed speed to be able to move more hay.

Mike

I restored one of those about 3 years ago, neat little engines, where I worked we found a box of NOS parts, including a piston, wrist pin, rings, rod, seals, gaskets, points, condensor, coil, bearings, carb kit...so we totally tricked it out, rebuilt it from the ground up. For a muffler it had an aluminum baffle with slits in the end. Started on 1 pull..ran great. Makes about 2 horses...haha, and is limited to about 3600 rpms.

Rare...I guess it depends, Ive seen 3-4 of them, they are not a desirable engine except to a clinton collector, due to the inability to get parts, and lack of real power. Pretty sure mine was purpose built for a Gokart. Value...I was only able to get 150 out of mine, totally restored and rebuilt...just no demand for them.

exerpt from...http://www.irga.us/evolution.htm


"Nearly a year after the sport's introduc*tion the Clinton Engine Company came to the rescue with an economical, suffi*ciently powerful two-stroke that would propel a kart more than adequately. Best of all, the engine was available in any quantity - and the Clinton A400 thus be*came the accepted standard engine for karts, and it enjoys that reputation today."