[Fot] 25th Anniversary of the FOT 2021

[Jack Brooks]

I was retroactively not allowed to put the old mower’s 3.5 HP Briggs and Stratton in my 5 speed Schwinn bicycle, but that bike was awesome for about a hour before Mom saw it and told me to park it until Dad got home.  Dad gave me 30 minutes to get the old mower running again, which I barely completed on time.

Being fair to my parents, that sucker was not at all safe or legal for the street but it was fun and fast!

Jack

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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! [Emoji]

Jake

On Thursday, December 31, 2020, 08:16:46 AM CST, fubog1 via Fot <fot at autox.team.net<mailto: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 [Wink] ?
Glen

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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<mailto: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<mailto: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.

[glensfirstracecar.jpg]



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