My idea for a "Supercharger" for lack of a better term, for my friend's go-kart.

While sitting in church on easter.. my mind wandered to this idea.. go figure..


http://home.comcast.net/~jdrcar/Supercharged_Kart.bmp


It isn't a real supercharger seeing as there is no belt and it's not constant. The regular intake will be used until the NAWWWWZ button gets pressed. To add more liquid fuel in, I want to control the governor somehow too.

After that works.. I smell dry shot. :cool:


Do you think it would work at all?

:lol::lol::lol::lol:
Would it work??? I dunno.

Would I ride it???? FUUUUUUUUCK YES!

haha the things men think of in chuch! :lol:

Ariel Atom anyone?

Ariel Atom anyone?
:lol:!

buy a small turbo for it.... you can get them dirt cheap off ebay, i have seen them, something that runs like 2-3 psi should work..... let me think of what size.... i will repost in a few

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/TDO4-TURBOCHARGER_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33742QQite mZ8058190226QQrdZ1

something that size may work

Whoa, Thats a small turbo...

I may buy it just for the fact that it's the world's smallest turbo. as far as I've seen. :guns:

The compressed air won't work, the volume of air that tank holds will be consumed in one or two strokes of the engine, not to mention a bunch of other factors.

i was going to say that too.... you could use it like nitrous to spool that turbo up though.... i have no idea how many psi it is, but it cannot be over like 3, im pretty sure a 5 hp motor could run it, and depending on the rpms of the go cart, most of the time you are going pretty quick anyway, ony thing you would have to do is figure out a way for it to get oil, but strapping a small K&N on the inlet would be sweet, if it is a 4 stroke motor oil is no problem, but if it is a 2 stroke, you would have to run a seperate oil tank type deal, no need for an innercooler though.... if i had a go kart i would totally try it out....

Put a GSX-R 750 motor with a turbo in your kart.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/TDO4-TURBOCHARGER_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33742QQite mZ8058190226QQrdZ1

something that size may work

Isn't the TD04H the turbo on the 4G63T's??

I wonder if you could attach a mini V8 on it like the one in the vidoes.

Don't forget that running compressed air through a carberator does not work since the fuel is pulled in by the vacuum which would be non existant under pressure. Unless yours is fuel injected or has a S/C after the carb it won't work.

If they can make F/I for Nitro RC cars, I don't see why you couldn't for it on a go-kart.

If they can make F/I for Nitro RC cars, I don't see why you couldn't for it on a go-kart.


the supercharger for an RC is before the carb. there are blow through carbs that exhist, but they are basically a very crude form of fuel injection... to make it work, what you'd need to do is have an electric fuel pump that feeds to a CIS injector (fuel injector off of an old BMW or VW basically, it's springloaded and only opens once the fuel hits a certain pressure) a pressure gauge and a regulator that allows you to adjust it correctly. at THAT point, you'd be better off using a tank full of nitrous oxide. probably be safer.

p.s. it is a supercharger. any device that forces more than the normal amount of air into an engine is a supercharger.

You could also install the carb before the s/c.

http://www.jegs.com/images/photos/51077144CSBP.jpg

You could also install the carb before the s/c.

http://www.jegs.com/images/photos/51077144CSBP.jpg


for a go-kart i don't think that's a good idea. they don't have a pressurized fuel system. so i think (i could be wrong) that it wouldn't get enough fuel to start easily.

At the last shop I worked we had a 15hp 2 cylinder engine off of some industrial parts washer and rigged up a small turbo to it. Fuel management was a definite issue, my idea was to pressurize the fuel tank with manifold pressure and use a fogger nozzle with some custom drilled out jets for extra fuel. Then again you might get away with just pressurizing the tank, it'd dump more fuel obviously but I'm not sure the carb would atomize correctly. We never got it to work but it hauled ass naturally aspirated:)

That turbo listed supports over 250hp, probably a little overkill for a Briggs and Stratton:)

Here is something to consisder.

http://videos.streetfire.net/hottestvideos/2/wm/26FEE1A2-E1D9-4A05-92A3-5CBF44AA20C7.htm

Don't forget that running compressed air through a carberator does not work since the fuel is pulled in by the vacuum which would be non existant under pressure. Unless yours is fuel injected or has a S/C after the carb it won't work.

Yes it does work actually. I did it on my lawn mower when I was working on it once. I picked up the compressed air hose and blew it into the carb from about 3 inches. It definately works as it just pulls more fuel through the line. I have had this idea for a LONG time but just never had the chance to do it.