<div dir="ltr"> what do ya know, a story I can relate to <div>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😬<br></div><div>Happy New Year Friends</div><div>Brian</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 9:23 AM Erik Jacobsen via Fot <<a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net">fot@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div></div>
<div dir="ltr">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! <img title="Emoji" alt="Emoji" height="16" src="https://s.yimg.com/nq/yemoji_assets/latest/yemoji_assets/1f923.png" width="16" style="padding: 0px 2px; vertical-align: middle;"></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr">Jake</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div>
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<div style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large">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.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">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.<br clear="none"></div>
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