[Zeke]

Thank you both for your reply. I intend to start a new chapter and have a lot of fun with the rebuild. Sam, to address a point you made, I was examining the chain sprokets on the lay shaft and they are shot. One thing I do know is to not use a new chain with an old sproket. Better to use the old chain.

Chains were the life blood of karting and still are in many circumstances. To lose a chain is to lose a race, so a alot of attention is directed toward their condition. What we did was hold the chain out horizontally and see how much of an arch it produced. Holding a new chain next ot an old one was a great example of how much wear had occured. A lot of arch meant stretching and a stretched chain wears out new sprokets in no time.

I can't guage a double row chain because I have no experience and no new one to compare with. I'm adding sprockets to my shopping list and I know they ain't cheap if you buy them all. But, the motor won't run worth crap if the cam timing is all over the place, I know that too.

I'll keep looking at what I have.

I found some crankshaft exchange that has the 2.4-2.7 cranks ready to go for 300. Vellios in Lawndale CA on Manhattan Beach Blvd. Anyone know anything about this? BTW, this is Harry Vellios, not Geo.