predator 212 to manual transmission via jackshaft vw volkswagen go kart baja bug build

brainstorming ideas to adapt a predator engine to a vw baja bug

[@joshlorusso3751]

your the first person i’ve seen explain how to do this with the original clutch from the car. i’ve been looking online for days, thankyou so much

[@worthshop]

No problem 👍glad to share some info and help people out. Thanks for watching Good luck with your project, God bless.

[@MERCENARYREVY]

What you should do is make a mounting plate for the transmission to attach to and a shaft go through that mounting plate with a flywheel at the end of it and everything just set up like a basic vehicle would be attached from the flywheel plate to the clutch to the transmission just like a car but if you follow that flywheel plate it'll go into a drive shaft which will come out the opposite side and we'll have a sprocket which then goes just straight up to the motor and the motor won't have to have the go-kart clutch in it. It would make things a lot easier and you could probably attached one of those two cylinders 700cc engines to it too. And you just drive it like a regular car.

[@robertwilliams3457]

Great Idea! I would love to try this.

[@worthshop]

I'd like a little more power and wheel speed otherwise it turned out pretty awesome.

[@jdjeep46]

Good idea

[@Mylotheblacknwhitecat]

Hey 😊👋 just got home lol but yeah my vw beetle is a 70s beetle I gotta remove the engine first the engine is prob still good just needs rebuilting also I just got my predator 670cc engine and holy cow that's heavy haha 😂 I'm just wondering 🤔 I'm wanting to go with a belt and pulley system instead of sprockets and chains I always have problems with them they pop off with me lol But ye I'm doin the same thing any ideas what I should do? Do u have Facebook?

[@worthshop]

Nice 👍sounds like a fun project. If I was going to do it again, and with a 670 predator. I would do about a 25 to 1 gear reduction. I would do a double v belt pulley set up, rather than chains. Chains are a pain to line up and get to run true. Good luck with your project, and God bless.