Hi all, just wondering if you have seen any rotary powered go-karts? I have an extra engine laying around, and for some reason it looks like it would be somewhat more simple to put that in a go-kart chassis then a small 4 banger. Let me know if you guys have heard of anything. Thanks.

 

I would love one of those

 

i've thouught of doing that with one of our extra 12A's, but my dad was complaining that it would be "too much power" for it. that would be fun to ride one of those around town, or race. i can imagine how much fun that would be.

 

I think it would be pretty cool to get one of those rotary snowmobile motors and do it that way. Imagine a well ported engine at the kart track!! That would be awesome.

 

yeah, i think that a 12a/13b might be a bit too much for a regular go-kart...like armyofone says, a rotary snowmobile motor might be what you're lookin for



though, you might wanna try that in a dune-buggie-like frame. my sister's husband and his father build these dune buggie-type cars where they just buy the frame and build from there (that's what they drove away in after the wedding, lol). seems like a rotary would be a great place for that

 

myself and 88gtu are making one with a sachs 303 snomobile engine now



i keep trying to get a small turbo off ebay to do a blowthough setup, but they get to expenisve



hers a few vid's of us with the engine the day we got it



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naRJPt0L5Tw



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5SpUSvI4qQ

 

Yes there is a 500cc water cooled rotary made in germany for karts.

 

oops i just posted about building a rotary powered go-kart in another forum. then i saw this one. i am looking for a sachs engine right now. anyone know where i can find one?



crackheadmel, keep me posted on your go-kart project, as i am also in the midst of building one myself.



we should race them

 

found something that might help



http://www.rotaryengines.ca/main/karts.htm

 

a few years back me and couple of freinds put a 303 wankel out of a old arctic cat in a go-kart. it went like hell and would incinerate the tires. that is until one of my stupid freinds knocked off the air filter and the engine ingested a whole bunch of sand. as i recall we used the centrifical clutchs and belt from the snowmobile and welded the driven clutch to a jackshaft with a spocket for the chain drive