Swing mount location

[Brad Rose]

I appreciate all the information you guys have shared. The goal of this kart for me is to give it the appearance or close to of a 62 Alley Kat. So from there I wanted to add modern parts for performance so I have went with MCP brakes, shielded throttle linkage that is based off of Steve's design. I added the tube gussets behind the front axle for more support. I added the third bearing support which added a little more structural support. I did go with all aluminum for the seat and floor pan unlike the originals used a welded in sheet metal. I'm going for now with the Azusa Tri star wheels with new vintage speed tires. Also the Nassau panel is a copy of my original and the paint is the closest match in ppg's data base to the original alley Kat paint color. So now I'm to the point with assembling the rear of the kart. Steve's idea of using an inboard clutch probably is a better idea. Seams to me there would be less of a load on the crank. I could go with the mount over the frame but an 1/8 of an inch clearance is close. So inboard the frame is fine for now. Anyway thanks again for all of your advise and ideas. When it's done I would like to have it driven by Steve or someone with experience so they can give me feedback on it's performance.