[Fot] 25th Anniversary of the FOT 2021

[Brian Schirano]

  what do ya know, a story I can relate to
somehow we ended up with a go kart frame with a 3/4 x8" wood bench seat and
no motor. then a little while later dad goes to a gas station auction and
buys boxes of stuff among which is a big 10 HP or so monster motor from
probably an old rototiller or a pump or something, definitely not a lawn
mower. So we (me and two of my brothers) figured out mounting it and found
a clutch and chain and so on, but no throttle cable and no brakes. Anyways,
one kid drove it while another stood on the axle and worked the carburetor,
very scary screaming down the road standing on the back holding on with one
hand I can tell you.  I've gotten a little smarter since then, some will
say not by much😬
Happy New Year Friends
Brian

On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 9:23 AM Erik Jacobsen via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
wrote:

> I was allowed to use the engine from our mower in my go-kart during the
> week as long as I re-installed it on the mower Friday night, so I could mow
> Saturday. All was good until I got ahold of some nitromethane from a drag
> racer friend around the corner... BTW, 10% is fine in a 4hp Briggs, 20% not
> so much. Apparently pistons are only supposed to have the one hole for the
> gudgeon pin! [image: Emoji]
>
> Jake
>
> On Thursday, December 31, 2020, 08:16:46 AM CST, fubog1 via Fot <
> fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
>
> Ok so how many others used to get up extra early on trash pickup day and
> scour the neighborhood for junk reel lawnmowers [image: Wink]?
> Glen
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Duncan Charlton via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
> To: Gary Schneider <garygret at sbcglobal.net>
> Cc: fot at autox.team.net <fot at autox.team.net>; fubog1 <fubog1 at aol.com>
> Sent: Thu, Dec 31, 2020 8:38 am
> Subject: Re: [Fot] 25th Anniversary of the FOT 2021
>
> I discovered the same as Gary did with the Tecumseh engine on my Rupp
> go-kart when I was 13 or 14.  After about a year of this the flywheel
> exploded, with the heavy magnet portion deciding to end its union with the
> rest of the lump.  I felt a big impact behind my right shoulder just before
> the engine suddenly lost power.  I was damned lucky that the chunk with the
> magnet (which must have weighed 2 or 3 lbs.) bounced off the steel tubing
> supporting the edge of the sheet metal seat pan, saving me from a
> serious injury.  I found the piece about 30 feet away in the grass.
>
> Duncan
>
> On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 10:39 PM Gary Schneider via Fot <
> fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> Glen, that's great! My dad built me a go-kart out of plywood and an old
> reel lawnmower when I was around that size or a little bigger. I discovered
> my first speed mod: it went lots faster if you tied a string to the
> throttle and pulled it open past the governor. Turned out not for very long
> though, a big BANG clang-a-lang-a-lang after a few hot laps of the yard. My
> first motorized device and the first engine I blew up. Ungrateful little
> hellion. Fortunately there was no photographic evidence or body cams to
> capture the guilty look.
>
> Gary Schneider
>
> On Wednesday, December 30, 2020, 9:13:16 AM CST, fubog1 via Fot <
> fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
>
> Yes, yes, and yes.
> Glen Efinger
>
> ps- here's my picture in advance, the 1st racecar I ever built, my brother
> John is driver.
>
> [image: glensfirstracecar.jpg]
>
>
>
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