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Thanks a lot for the information! 10 kW would be like 13.5 horsepower and quite a lot of power for a go-kart. But what about an old tractor with no engine? I might be able to get an old tractor with no engine for cheap; my grandfather may have connections. I imagine it would be safer to work with a ...

I assume by expensive you mean metal. I have a source to plenty of metal pieces and shapes and parts I might use (radiators and water pumps). I also have all sorts of equipement: welders, lathe, bench drills, powertools, so on. I could do an electric kart but I would end up spending far more: easily...

Interesting that after a week nobody replied to this thread.

Is it impossible to use a stirling engine in any larger scale than a toy model or does it not make any sense over say an electric kart?

I'm interested in building a go-kart powered by a Stirling engine as a project. The kart I will be using is pretty small with a 5HP gasonline engine. Trying to build a kart from scratch is a whole other project I'm not interested in doing. I understand the disadvantages of slow start up time but tha...