Want +HP in Under 5 Minutes? | Go Kart DIY

[@BlakesBuilds]

Which part of the video did you find the most helpful?

[@nomercyriding]

Cool projects! The skills you are building now are going to put you leagues ahead of your peers. Keep at it!

[@BlakesBuilds]

Thank you very much!

[@cosmosgaming0921]

Ooh super loud!

[@matthewmoilanen787]

I hate to break it to u but just remiving the muffler doesn't do a thing for hp. The only thing it does is make it loud and may actually cause a loss of power unless it's paired with a higher performance cam, valves, ect. A larger pipe may slow down velocity and therefore decrease scavenging in the cylinder. As always with performance it's a balance of many improvements.

[@BlakesBuilds]

I really appreciate this comment, and you are right about needing a good balance of mods. I don't know if you heard at the end, but I was trying to adjust the carburetor to match the new pipe and you could hear the engine have a slight hiccup in the idle. That is due to using a 1.25" pipe instead of a 1" pipe, causing a little bit too much exhuast flow. I have done dozens of 1" pipes paired with upgraded jets and air filter and I can attest that there are significant power gains from those simple modifications. A pipe alone will increase exhaust flow, which would still increase power, but adding it with a modded air filter and bigger carb jets will make 5x the difference. Despite anything, I think we can all agree straight piping a go kart is one of the funnest and cheapest things you can do to it