Maintenance & Technical > Kx Frankensteins
KX500 shifter kart build
kwakman:
on the brighter side, if you dont enter the pearly gates in a cartwheeling fireball, you'll never have to listen to her indoors.matter of fact, you'll never listen to anything again!!!
Brute:
That thing is looking great! I would be suprised if you don't get a little "pucker" the first time you feel that bomb pounding away next to you though.
Polar-Bus:
Did a lot of research this past weekend, and asked some questions over at EkartingNews.com and got some leads on some parts that will make the swap a bit easier. There is what's called "Outlaw karts" and they are dirt and asphault oval karts that are similar to a shifter, just a bit larger. Outlaws have an "open" class that is powered by either a CR500 or KX500 engine. So looks like their pipes will work for me. I also got an email from PBI sprockets and they found a 428 pitch sprocket that matches the KX500's output shaft spline. The sprockets are actuall for an 85-00 Yamaha XT350 ! That's sweet I was worried about my custom, welded sprocket stress cracking and granading ! :-o
Here's a link to a great selection of Outlaw kart parts :
http://www.qrckarts.com/
RoostDaddy:
I think this is the right track, as mentioned earlier. There are a couple companies that make these pipes for the KX, but you will find that the Outlaw guys really prefer the CR's. :?
Polar-Bus:
Well, made some good progress over the past few weeks. I got the engine mount fabricated, and it fits awesome. It's a bit heavy as I fabbed it from steel, but it won't break ! The welds are just single pass, after i'm sure everything fits there will be more welds done .
The KX500 engine fits really nice. I even have about 1-1/4" of front to rear adjustment before the magneto hits the seat.
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