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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#002060">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#002060">Being fair to my parents, that sucker was not at all safe or legal for the street but it was fun and fast!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Fot <fot-bounces@autox.team.net> <b>On Behalf Of
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 31, 2020 6:23 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Fot] 25th Anniversary of the FOT 2021<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">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! </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><img width="16" height="16" style="width:.1666in;height:.1666in" id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://s.yimg.com/nq/yemoji_assets/latest/yemoji_assets/1f923.png" alt="Emoji"></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A">On Thursday, December 31, 2020, 08:16:46 AM CST, fubog1 via Fot <<a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net">fot@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Ok so how many others used to get up extra early on trash pickup day and scour the neighborhood for junk reel lawnmowers
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From: Duncan Charlton via Fot <<a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net">fot@autox.team.net</a>><br>
To: Gary Schneider <<a href="mailto:garygret@sbcglobal.net">garygret@sbcglobal.net</a>><br>
Cc: <a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net">fot@autox.team.net</a> <<a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net">fot@autox.team.net</a>>; fubog1 <<a href="mailto:fubog1@aol.com">fubog1@aol.com</a>><br>
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Subject: Re: [Fot] 25th Anniversary of the FOT 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">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
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ps- here's my picture in advance, the 1st racecar I ever built, my brother John is driver.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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