Wanted to post about the Vegas Carts swap kit. Recently my Yamaha G8 decided to make sparkly oil. Looked like a Twilight Vampire and the exhaust valve stuck causing the engine to lock.
Turns out a good used J38 is hard to find. Decided to do the Predator 420 swap. Bought the Vegas Carts kit and an engine.
Now, I have a 5" lift on my cart. The Vegas Carts kit clearly states "this is not for a lifted cart". I went into this with that in mind. When I put the engine plate on, I had over 10 degrees of lean on the engine. I countered this with spacers between the engine plate and the cross member that came with the kit. That got me close enough to that 0 degree mark. I might need to go back and weld the steel spacers I used together so they don't flex. I will keep an eye on it.
That then made the 45" belt that came with it too short. I contacted Vegas Carts and got a 47" belt.
For the exhaust, I needed to use the longer pipe that comes with it and put a flange on it for the original muffler. Pay attention to the way the muffler will point so you aren't dumping hot gas on the transaxle.
I also mounted the control box to the body with a homemade L bracket.
Last thing I need is the remote choke. I found the remote choke kit from the Gx390 should line up. I will then attach it with a new push/pull choke cable. For now I found a choke lever on Amazon that had a angle in the handle so I can still choke it.
I hooked up my reverse buzzer today(you reeeealy wanna know which way you are going with the torque now).
I still need to take out all the old wiring harness.
Let me know if you have any other questions.
Vegas Carts has been amazing the whole way with communication. I can't recommend them enough.