Post by jeffreylane on Apr 7, 2013 20:50:05 GMT -6
So our daughter is 6, and since i don't know a whole lot about princesses, and the other things she is into, I decided I would start a project with her to spend a little time with her and maybe we can learn a little something together.
We are going to build an off road go kart together.
It will be kept pretty simple, nothing over the top. No street bike engines or anything.
It will be a 2 seater, so I can ride with her.
The motor came in Friday. We unboxed it this evening.
7hp 212cc 4 stroke predator engine from harbor freight. Used the 25% Easter coupon on it.
We started taking it apart this evening.
Here is our daughter Rylee working on her first engine.
Got all the "attachments" off of it.
carb, head, cam, rod, piston, pushrods, removed.
We are going to keep this a pretty mild build, just trying to open up some of it's potential so it can carry both of us around.
So far, here are the parts i have on order. billet connecting rod , Thinner head gasket to bump up compression, .265 cam, and 18 lb valve springs to control valve float at the higher rpms (setting it up for 6500rpms).
The carburetor will be changed out for probably a 13hp honda unit. It will get a billet flywheel, because i would rather not have pieces of exploded flywheel in my daughters head. Header and air intake will pretty much complete the engine build.
We are going to build an off road go kart together.
It will be kept pretty simple, nothing over the top. No street bike engines or anything.
It will be a 2 seater, so I can ride with her.
The motor came in Friday. We unboxed it this evening.
7hp 212cc 4 stroke predator engine from harbor freight. Used the 25% Easter coupon on it.
We started taking it apart this evening.
Here is our daughter Rylee working on her first engine.
Got all the "attachments" off of it.
carb, head, cam, rod, piston, pushrods, removed.
We are going to keep this a pretty mild build, just trying to open up some of it's potential so it can carry both of us around.
So far, here are the parts i have on order. billet connecting rod , Thinner head gasket to bump up compression, .265 cam, and 18 lb valve springs to control valve float at the higher rpms (setting it up for 6500rpms).
The carburetor will be changed out for probably a 13hp honda unit. It will get a billet flywheel, because i would rather not have pieces of exploded flywheel in my daughters head. Header and air intake will pretty much complete the engine build.
Just remember...we give them back in 10 months 
It's alive!! 
