FREE HORSEPOWER - 3 Ways To Clean Your Go Kart Exhaust - POWER REPUBLIC 

Excellent! I was just looking to find a video for this exact video, awesome to watch another banger from a great channel!

My gokart has been running for years and not once have I thought to check to exhaust flow.. Mine will be getting a good clean tonight!

Been curious about this for a long time - thank you for shedding light on how it’s done!

Thank you so much 😊 this can help me a lot for my waterswift👌🏽

Awesome thanks Des

Good stuff

I love you vidéos i have got a go kart and I love it

I had no idea cheers

Great information, thanks! Do you soak the entire exhaust pipe in the caustic soda, too?

Hey nice video do you guys have a vid on replacing king pin bearings

Well you made me feel good about my pipe its like new compaired to your 😂

Bought some older TAG Karts and cleaned my exhaust out via a bonfire last week. OMG it was loaded with stuff.

Super! Do you have any advice for the Rotax exhausts?

Thanks u 😎

There's an American product called Fluid Film that it based on lanolin and also works very well to resist the rust on the exhaust and the axle

Great Video. HOWEVER... I can confirm, DO NOT soak the 3mm aluminium spacer that comes with the latest X30 Iame Exhaust! The Spacer is alloy, the caustic soda disolves this. Everything else can be chucked in without a worry though, the caustic soda works very well loosening the carbon off.

Never tried the fire idea. I may chuck the pipe on the BBQ. After a caustic soda bath for a few days I like to paint the outside of the pipe with rust converter (phosphoric acid), wash it off, and then buff it with a wire wheel. Comes up real pretty.

Can you tell me what you use as cleaner you use to clean axel exhaust pipe with??? please Thanks

Great Video Des - could you do one for Rotax exhausts? or is it just the matting the matting?

Where you cleaned the end of the pipe with the drill if i dont have rules will it run better if i take that screen out of that tip of the stinger ?

Lanolin for the win..!!

Hi .ive got one of those exhausts for a 100cc 2t kart and would like to try fitting it to my Suzuki 80cc classic RG ..do u think it mite work ? Or would i have to modify it in some way to suit 80cc?

Hey Des, Do the regs in Australia allow you to paint it? Can't find any specific info on it.

Can you also clean the junior restricted can type muffler with this method in the costic soda?

Nice! 👍 Could you also write into the description or here in the comments which products you use? Maybe with a link?

How often should you do it? Does it clean exterior as well?

Hey des, thanks for the idea! I got two questions tough: - i guess it applies for x30 new exhaust line? - doesn’t caustic attack the metall? Especially when you use it over such a long time? Thank you 🙏

Hey man I am having a lot of trouble getting the silencer off of the end of my exhaust, its a ROK GP. Any tips?

what was the spray in the blue can that preserves the cleaned steel?

Hey mate! So should I get a 16.5 or 17mm drill bit? Just wanna double check. Thx!

Can you help explain the caustic soda and where to buy? Most results i find come back to like drain cleaner. I don’t see pure caustic soda over the counter here in the US

I race go karts and I use a iame x30. I've been hearing a lot lately that before doing a rolling start in competition most drivers squeeze the fuel line. Can you please do a video on this explaining how to do it properly and whats the reasoning behind it. thank you

That last pipe in the shot was a new one though. It had me fooled for a second

does this work for 4 stroke exhausts such as briggs

What about a little comer sw80 exhaust?

What ratio did you mix the Caustic soda? thanks

Does it work for the rotax exhaust? I have a rotax senior

Hey I've been looking to buy myself a go kart just for open track days and that type of stuff and I was wondering if its important to have alot of technical knowledge to maintain a go kart like knowing how to fix engines and stuff. I saw you video about how to clean go karts and it was quite helpful. I'm just curious about the most important things you need to know to maintain a go kart.

What is the spray you use at the end because y bearly undestand the name

What about Rotax Evo max 125 exhaust?

Does it work on rotax ?

Does this also apply to Rotax Exhausts?

Do you need to do this much for the rotax evo exhausts too? I clean the inside of mine when l change the matting after every 5 races. But don't great it up or soak it?

does this apply to Rotax?

Would this build up of carbon be over hundreds of hours of driving? I just purchased a used kart.

Do you have any tips for how to clean rust that formed on the exhaust?

Roughly how much lap time is this process worth with a ka100?

id like to see a dyno of just how much the pipe affects horsepower. 😉

i put fuel in the exhaust and let it sit for a few hours

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Poor advice imo. Using hot air gun works much better. Hammering a screwdriver is just revolting...but using the rounded end looks even bad. Wearing a wrist watch when working on an engine exhaust is not the best idea. No spray can keep exhaust clean as new...