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[Red16]

engine is a gsxr 750 carb'd model from a 1984 gsxr 750, not quite as powerful as the modern day 750's but should be plenty quick enough to push a little go kart along

the kart is a gearbox racing kart, with front and rear hydraulic disc brakes :top:

this is how it looked when it was collected










everything stripped off bar the rear axle as its seized in place :wall:
chassis on axle stands ready to be cut and extended


we decided to extend it 500mm as that was the smallest distance we could get to allow the engine and exhaust to fit on the chassis twith the seat in position!

cut 3 lengths of tubing the same as the rest of the chassis, and slid them over the 3 bushes we made to make extending and keeping the kart inline as easy as possible. need another 3 bushes to continue anyway, no pics of those as yet, will sort sum out





seat rested in position



engine and seat rested in position




engine from behind with carb's on


got a bit carried away with the grinder later on and decided to just cut the rear drive shaft into a fiew pieces and remove it that way, got a spare anyway :top:

will be making some more progress at the weekend :banana:

[heeman10]

Cool project Good luck with the SVA! Those brakes are quality Major overkill no doubt, but still, quality Have fun with the next stage!

[Ollybee]

Mate! That is going to be a monster. Keep us all updated on the progress!

[Red16]

heeman10 you lost me with the SVA bit?

cheers for the comments lads, more pics will be up here on sunday

[heeman10]

It was a joke...I don't suppose you were really contemplating putting it on the road

[Kartracer69]

those brakes are hench, heeman no overkill there most of the gearbox 125cc have front discs. Mine is a 125 but not gearbox and the rear brake is sufficient and thats with 27bhp, anyhting more you need some decent stoppers. its all about drilled and grooved and vented!!

looks like a fantastic project keep us update mate!

[Smo]

That's going to be wicked

As above, make sure you keep this up-to-date!

Slightly off topic, but do any of you karting people know where I can get some second-hand odds and ends dirt cheap for a little project I want to start on again? Things like axles, steering components, clutches etc?

[Red16]

heeman - it went straight over my head being a thick northern coont!! lol

Smo - load of cheap bits on ebay

more pics on sat or sunday

[Kartracer69]

also get yourself to some of the kart shows, theres one in telford xmas time (sorry a bit far off) and others dotted around the calendar, some 2nd hand cheap stuff, ideal for axles, bearings etc.

we bought some wheel bearings and stub axles for about a fiver each (some of the stuff is about 20 quid) and these were used once by a race team who were upgrading their parts!

[Red16]

cheers for that kartracer, let us know nearer the time when these shows are on