McCulloch began selling its first go-kart engine in 1959, a two-stroke derived from McCulloch chainsaw engines and built by West Bend. Yamane, ...

Such was the case with the go-kart. Neighbors Art Ingels and Lou Borelli came up with a new racing prototype in California in 1956 by welding a surplus McCulloch West-Bend two-stroke lawnmower ...

It ran off a 16 horsepower McCulloch motor that powered a generator that charged the batteries. ... The go-kart battery is only 30 lbs, but a long-range battery would have to be much more massive.