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Gokart setup
I was thinking as a fun project having a car engine (just a four cylender, probably between 1.5 and 2 litres) and having is sit on the right side of a driver in a gokart. The biggest problem, i think, with this setup is keeping the driver safe from getting burned. I know the headers get really hot, especially if i want to turbo the engine, but how hot does the block get? I should probably install a heat shield or something so that the driver doesn't have his forearm melted to the block right.
anyways, i was also wondering how much an average four cylender engine costs and how much of a performance hinderance it would be if the car was off balance laterally. could you change the suspension height to rebalance the car out or should i just put the engine behind the driver.
If i were to mount the engine behind the driver, could i use the same style of transmission and instead of hooking it up to the front wheels, hook it up the the rear wheels? if i did this, what kind of setup would i need to utilize to have an open or limited slip differential? are there any difs for the front wheels, if so are they in the trans or would i have to install it seperately?
Also, does anyone know of a six speed sequential transmission for a civic (i was thinking of using a b16 for this project if i ever do it) or even a normal 6 speed?
If I were to do this, the cart would probably weigh 100-150lbs, me 180-200 (depending on how much weight I gain), and the engine I expect somewhere between 150-250lbs, for a total of 450-600lbs. The engine I would expect to put out upwards of 300 hp (I plan on having a turbocharger and straight pipe or straight through muffler, run on higher octane than pump gas, around 20 psi, higher compression, better fuel system, etc.) so what kind of acceleration numbers should this thing be puting out? the tires will probably be bigger than average gokart tires to support the extra power but they will be slick (no treads).
Would i need a suspension? most gokarts i've seen i haven't noticed any suspension but i haven't looked very hard, I realize that it would be very uncomfortable but i'm looking stricktly from a performance point of view. would it be worth the extra money?
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