9 track tape drive motors - suitable for a go-kart?

[Brad Parker]

Sellam Ismail wrote:
>
>I finally got my hands on a motor from a 9-track I scrapped.  It puts out 
>several amps at 24V+ when I hand-spin it.  It will do nicely as a current 
>source to charge a lead-acid battery, especially where I live:
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altamont_Pass_Wind_Farm

Better idea!

(I used to live in Pleasanton; and who could forget the speedway?)

-brad