Recent content by Jimmy_B

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Do you mean 'left hand' by reverse? That's not a problem. I'd be inclined to tap it to the next size up of you can open up the bolt hole for the mating part.

Yes. It's for a jack shaft. Left side is a cvt, right is the chain.

I believe it's a Rupp frame from the early 70s. I have a '72 Roadster.

I told Dulci to get her butt off the couch. This is what I get. http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/12/06/9f9606ba3eb4924ea2813c1cbbc36d0b.jpg

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Here's an internet pic of him.... http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/11/03/83f4e0b655e4cb42f8493be517bd49bf.jpg

Reminds me of this guy.... http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorized_recliner_incident I met him a year or two before his arrest at Brainerd for the NHRA nationals. He was cruising the grounds in his recliner. I have a pic somewhere of him.

Sorry for your loss. At least your friend is not suffering.

I ran junior dragsters for years with my son and everybody uses a torque converter. We ran much better numbers than listed above, but we made a ton of power (considerably more than 11hp), we ran large diameter drag slicks and tached the motor above 8k to do it. A stock 5hp B&S with the governor...

They spend money in NHRA drag racing. They must be good tools. Buy them! :thumbsup:

How would the machine know where to start, how you are holding the workpiece, which cutting tools you want to use? It's called CAM, but still needs a person on a computer using the 3D model to decide these things.

People always say they understand that, but still want mail order part pricing. $160 buys you 2-3 hours of machine time, at best. I don't machine anything for anyone but myself anymore because of this. My cost to machine custom components (as stated above already) is higher than the selling...

Plywood isn't the problem, just need the floor supports (steel) spaced properly. A good majority of the enclosed car trailers rolling down the highway have plywood floors in them, in the U.S. anyway. One example..... http://www.haulmark.com/bumper-pull_racecar-trailer/modelegwt3/