racing mower

[Keaton 453]

@kpinnc and not all of my compoinents are not rated for my power, and I may be scared to use it to its full abliltities 

[Easton Rich 333]

Adding the hospital bill and the mower it might not be worth it 

[Keaton 453]

It will be fine, I just realized I ordered tires that are 2.5 inches wider than my rims, would that work, may not be a good idea but I don’t want to spend another $70 on tires, got the last ones cheap on Black Friday 

[Keaton 453]

And as the legend Ken block said himself “ if your not scared your not going fast enough” - Ken block 

sooo I should be going fast enough 

[953 nut 55,839]

8 hours ago, Keaton said:

It will be fine, I just realized I ordered tires that are 2.5 inches wider than my rims, would that work, may not be a good idea but I don’t want to spend another $70 on tires, got the last ones cheap on Black Friday 

If the sidewalls aren't too stiff you should be fine.

[kpinnc 12,564]

5 hours ago, 953 nut said:

If the sidewalls aren't too stiff you should be fine.

Yep, these are 10.50 on 7.5 wide wheels. Turfs tend to give plenty to mount up. Lug tires (true 10.50) not so much. 
 

[953 nut 55,839]

17 hours ago, Keaton said:

And as the legend Ken block said himself “ if your not scared your not going fast enough” - Ken block 

sooo I should be going fast enough 

I wasn't familiar with Ken Block so did a little search.      Seems he lived fast and died going fast on a snowmobile.    Keep on quoting him if you wish but please be careful, we want our younger Wheel Horse enthusiasts to keep the hobby going for a long time.

[Keaton 453]

trust me i will, if my mom sees me being dumb i will get yelled at so i will keep it tamed 

 

and I got my rack and pinion all mounted this morning and went to turn it and it turns backwards, I flipped it now I don't have enough room to mount it, is there a way to make it work upside down, or does it not work that way? 

 

rack and pinion idea wont work, I checked, I'll figure something out 

Edited December 9 by Keaton

[Keaton 453]

I was just offered a yahama dt 175 from my friend, I have another old craftsman back in the shead that the motors junk on that I may have some fun with next 

[kpinnc 12,564]

3 hours ago, Keaton said:

I was just offered a yahama dt 175 from my friend, I have another old craftsman back in the shead that the motors junk on that I may have some fun with next 

OH MY GAWSH!!! 

 

That is probably enough power to twist a Craftsman in half! 

[953 nut 55,839]

10 hours ago, Keaton said:

trust me i will, if my mom sees me being dumb i will get yelled at so i will keep it tamed 

 

and I got my rack and pinion all mounted this morning and went to turn it and it turns backwards I guess that would take a bit of getting accustom to     , I flipped it now I don't have enough room to mount it, is there a way to make it work upside down, or does it not work that way? 

 

rack and pinion idea wont work, I checked, I'll figure something out 

You will probably be able to overcome this by swapping your front spindles from side to side and mounting the steering rack in front of the spindle pivot points rather tan under the frame. Take a look at this picture.

[Keaton 453]

5 hours ago, kpinnc said:

That is probably enough power to twist a Craftsman in half!

I bet it is, it's a different tractor 

[Keaton 453]

this is what I plan to put it in, it has some problems, I will start on it after I get this one done  

[kpinnc 12,564]

45 minutes ago, Keaton said:

this is what I plan to put it in, it has some problems, I will start on it after I get this one done  

Yeah I once considered adding a stock V8 to a roller skate but realized my foot would no longer fit if I did. Just one of many reasons that made the project untenable I guess. 
 

…Reminds me of the Air Force kid who strapped rockets to his car. 
 

I do wish you all the luck with your endeavors. I hope you will use any and all available safety protection that you can find. You might just need it. 

[Keaton 453]

i have a complete set of dirtbike gear, i have boots helmet, chest plate, all of it, i got it, if i get that dirt bike going that will be the idea, ill make it work. i have so far on this one 

[Keaton 453]

I got the steering in and mounted and steering the right way, maybe a bit more trimming but its good, I'm not the best fabricator or claim to be, I'd call myself a, if it holds and works as intended it will be just fine kinda guy, I do got to finish welding my bracket, and the hose clamps are that the cheap Chinese threads stripped out on one hole , and it ain't pretty or engineered at all, I think this working on stuff got me smarter because I can think up this on the spot or as I'm going and get it done, or a trick or the "trade" or hobby 

Edited December 10 by Keaton

[Keaton 453]

got my engine back on tonight and I wet to start it and the poitive clip fell off and it backfired and lit on fire, just a bit of breal clean, it was all ok, and it wants to go straight to full throttle, I figured out why, there is no spring to hold it idle, or one was missing, I'll get it fixed 

[Keaton 453]

i was building a chain tensioner last night, like a dirtbike style, im not going to confuse you and try and explain it, ill show pictures when i get done 

[Keaton 453]

its still coming along, I got my new steering wheel mount and wheel on, I got the gas tank mounted and my chain tensioner done, then I threw the seat and body panels back on for now. I took the gas tank off of my 856 and the belt cover its a parts tractor, or yard art. and I realized that my axle is too long, it is a 1 inch axle but it sticks a foot off the frame on both sides.

 

that's how it looks now, don't mind the mess, that's a weekends worth of working, I got it cleaned up.

[Keaton 453]

ive been working more, i have it on saw horses. i put my engine back in tonight, before i had the 2 rear bolts mounted, now i got all 4, for the front holes one of the holes is in the hole were the origonal engine was, so i took a pice of angle iron and that mounts the front 2, they both evenly pull on the angle iron, i will fix it after i get it going and "finalize" stuff then put in a pach and i may keep that pice because that would stregithen the frame a lot, its just as wide as the frame. that may be the last update till christmad when i get parts. merry christmas yall, unless i update before christmas agin 

[953 nut 55,839]

7 hours ago, Keaton said:

merry christmas yall

                              

[Keaton 453]

i lied, its before christmas. me and my freind had a little christmas, i got some rims and free labor . but we got the tires on and for being almost 2 inches to wide there not bad, I could not get one tire to seal on the bead because china made stuff. the little nubs on the tires were too close to the bead and folded over, I pulled them off with pliers and all good agin, merry Christmas 

[Easton Rich 333]

Any bets on how fast it goes?

[Keaton 453]

not how fast as i hoped off a gokart speed caculator it said about 30 mph, i may or may not be looking into a 2 stroke or ninja 250r engine. cant decide 2 stroke or 4 stroke? 

[Easton Rich 333]

I’d do two stroke, faster off of the line