Go cart?

[motoman]

I'd love to have an old Honda Pilot. Saw one tearing it up at Marshall Creek several years back.

[BajaBob]

I'd love to have an old Honda Pilot. Saw one tearing it up at Marshall Creek several years back.

Exaclty what I want to build. Except more lights and a bigger engine. And maybe even get it street legal?

[motoman]

Exaclty what I want to build. Except more lights and a bigger engine. And maybe even get it street legal?

That would be awesome. I wonder if those frames would be decent to beef up and build off of.

[Cobraman]

Thinking about doing a 250cc two stroke motor

[dville_gt]

not to be a kill joy, but i think everyone has this dream at some point. i'd suggest finding a used banshee. you can find them for just around a grand and they'll do everything etter then your home made 250cc 2 stroke will. just my 2 cents.

[BajaBob]

not to be a kill joy, but i think everyone has this dream at some point. i'd suggest finding a used banshee. you can find them for just around a grand and they'll do everything etter then your home made 250cc 2 stroke will. just my 2 cents.

building it is the best part!

[dville_gt]

building it is the best part!

meh, i'd agree if there were no readily available alternatives (high performance quads or shifter karts). Without decent fabrication skills and a lot more money then is at play here the final product is unlikely to live up to expectations. not trying to be critical, but at least with a banshee there is an aftermarket, they are fast, reliable, engineered, etc.

[Steve]

600cc cart. Looks like fun!

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nQW0jsqv4Y[/ame]

[dville_gt]

600cc cart. Looks like fun!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nQW0jsqv4Y

thats cool, but would blow his budget and would realistically still be slower then either a race quad or a shifter kart in any useable format other then frying expensive tires off

[Steve]

thats cool, but would blow his budget and would realistically still be slower then either a race quad or a shifter kart in any useable format other then frying expensive tires off

It would also be faster than his C4 Vette. lol.

[dville_gt]

It would also be faster than his C4 Vette. lol.

shhh..he doesn't know it's slow

[Cobraman]

shhh..he doesn't know it's slow

Hell yeah I do. Lol

[Hobie]

Have you ever driven a "normal" racing kart? Even the slow ones are fast. Any class shifter kart is fast as shit.

If you want an over powered shifter kart I would start with an old noncompetitive racing chassis and swap on a late model dirtbike motor. Going to be the most straightforward swap out there. Hard to say what it would cost, but all told I would imagine you could do it on a $1500 budget.

Putting a sportbike motor back there is going to take a lot of fab work. If you aren't picky on the motor maybe you can find something old and complete for ~$500, then add chassis, random parts, and time. To get a modern sportbike motor back there is going to cost you. You'll see lots of "motor-kits" on ebay. Most don't include the radiator or gauges. You'll also need a battery, fuel tank, and fuel pump. I would think you would wind up spending closer to 2500-3000 going this route. Just depends on how resourceful you can be.