[Kartbuilding] your mail

Stephen Burke sburke at burkesys.com
Wed May 19 19:12:44 IST 2010


Hi Benjamin,

I'm glad you understand it better now. Do, feel free to email on some 
pics of your kart. I can put them with the others on the kartbuilding 
gallery at http://kartbuilding.net/gallery  to help other kart builders :)

Good luck with the build.
-steve


On Wed, 19 May 2010, Benjamin Kähärä wrote:

>
> thanks. i will take a look at those links. i understand more now. :D When it's ready ill send you pics of it :)
>
>> Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 00:43:09 +0100
>> From: sburke
>> To: benikahara
>> CC: kartbuilding
>> Subject: Re: your mail
>>
>> Hi Benjamin,
>>
>> Thanks for your email and good comments.
>> You're not the first person to ask about wanting to change the speed of an
>> engine by modifying the throttle. I suggest you read some of the previous
>> emails I wrote on this. See:
>> http://lists.kartbuilding.net/2006-December/000308.html and
>> http://lists.kartbuilding.net/2006-December/000304.html
>>
>> Specifically, you are going to have to get a brake cable off an old
>> bicycle and adapt it to fit your engine, so when you operate the pedal it
>> will pull the cable and in turn this will operate the lever on the engine.
>> See: http://www.kartbuilding.net/PlAnS/Engine_Throttle_Cable_Operation.jpg
>>
>> You need to be able to move the metal lever on the lawnmower engine. It
>> should be possible to do this, you may have to bend a piece of metal out
>> of the way and then the lever should move ok. You may also have to connect
>> an extra spring to make sure the lever returns back to the normal position
>> when your foot is taken off the throttle.
>>
>> I hope this helps.
>> Best of luck,
>> -steve
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, 16 May 2010, Benjamin Kähärä wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I looked at your go cart and im very happy about it. but i looked at one finnish lawnmower and it didn have a throttle on it othervise than down on the actual engine. and the clutch lever, i dont understand how it works. like it works from [stop]-to-[start] or is there anything in the middel so the engine is running but cart not moving yet until you put it all the way to the start position and it will move? and how is the throttle working, there is no cable on the lawnmower but a thing you move back and forth <-- the throttle or what ?
>>>
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>>>
>>> Sorry for my bad english!. Please response soon.
>>>
>>> Greetings from Benjamin from finland.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> BTW. using a vertical engine so thank you for telling about the V-belt.
>>>
>>> _________________________________________________________________


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