351 Windsor in a go kart

[Clayon]

I got a old 351 Windsor, mated with an automatic tranny and a rearend. Would it be possible to put it in a go kart with a home built tube chassis?

 

[C9H13NO3]

Sure its possible, but not so practical.

 

[Harleys Papa]

Sure its possible, but not so practical.

Wouldnt realy be a go-kart either

 

[Toycartony]

Sure you could, it's called a Cobra!!!

 

[The Restore Kid]

Wouldnt realy be a go-kart either

:laugh: Yeah... Lots of people have done it.. But most them are called Sand Rails or Dune Buggys or something.. :laugh:

 

[Frank Davis]

Sounds like something "Big Daddy" Roth would draw and put on the front of a sweatshirt!:drinkup:ut::shrug:

 

[Clayon]

No I dont mean a sand rail I mean a small little go kart.

 

[supernova]

No I dont mean a sand rail I mean a small little go kart.

:blink: Sure totally do-able! :blink:

 

[metal man]

No I dont mean a sand rail I mean a small little go kart.

you will kill some one with that thing . way to much power you would have it flipp over backwards every time you hit the gas

 

[The Restore Kid]

you will kill some one with that thing . way to much power you would have it flipp over backwards every time you hit the gas

I'm thinking 600 pounds of iron and aluminum is just going to CRUSH any actual GOKART frame there is, not to mention the driveline is longer than a kart, How are ya gonna hook it up? Where ya gonna sit? :shrug: THEN say it's in there and working.. So what? It's an 800 pound go kart with a 5,000 rpm redline.. :shrug: Why not just use a motorcycle engine? It would be twice as fast, and actually workable..

Yeah you can build a small vehicle around a large motor.. But I think it ceases to be a (Go Kart) once it has car tires and 400 pound frame and is 6 feet long and stuff..

 

[steven Durham]

I think MR. Ford is turning over in his grave. The Pinto is a great sand buggy motor if you have the bucks for the Esslinger kits and that goes in a full size buggy chassis.
Steve

 

[The Restore Kid]

I think MR. Ford is turning over in his grave. The Pinto is a great sand buggy motor if you have the bucks for the Esslinger kits and that goes in a full size buggy chassis.
Steve

There is also a class of racing boats that use those engines.. Like small hydroplanes.. One came into a store that I worked at so I had to eyeball it real good.. :drool: Those Pinto engines are tough.. :thumbsup:

 

[Sinner70]

it would be something like this.....

YouTube - V-8 Go-Kart . . . "Bad Idea"

 

[Frank McGrath]

It just depends on the size of the boys. :thumbsup:

 

[KB2ROCKET]

You do realize that from the front of a v8 to the tail shaft of the tranny is about 6 feet then add another foot for the rear axle with no drive shaftut:

 

[The Restore Kid]

You do realize that from the front of a v8 to the tail shaft of the tranny is about 6 feet then add another foot for the rear axle with no drive shaftut:

Yeah, :laugh: Thats why I wouldn't call it a gokart.. I mean you can pull the doors off from a Ford truck and CALL IT a go-kart if ya want.. But it's a ford truck with no doors.. :laugh:

Clayon... If you are serious about it.. I know a guy who has one already built.. About %100 ready to go.. missing a 350 chevy driveline.. You could wad a 351 in it just as easy..

 

[KB2ROCKET]

I have a classic mini cooper that is 10 feet bumper to bumper and I intend on putting a v8 in it one day and I thought that was insane to do it the way I want to in the end it will be a mini body sitting on a custom chassis