Recent content by Miles

if you have a laser pointer, some people use those

just had another idea, where the brake serves both as a brake, and as the tension releaser for the clutch. as the brake is applied, the belt tension loosens, allowing for easy operation of the clutch, also, this was the gas and brake can be pressed at the same time with no problems

I've had this idea for a most likely, much cheaper clutch than a centrifugal one, I realize unless the bottom pulley was protected from water, it would slip very easy when wet, but anyways. So, this thing basically is engaged and disengaged by the belts tension, a small idler pulley connected to...

yeah, should be kinda cool, I plan on having a battery anyways to run a couple headlights, so its no problem to run a couple more wires

hey toystory, that tach I used was pulled out of a john deere 710B turbo, I believe it was a 6 cylinder engine

I think the reason the indoor theme park ones are so good is because they dont run off batteries, they have a constant feed of power from their antennas that run to the metal ceiling, so they can afford to be more powerful because they wont run out of juice

Here's a video of it in action, my quad project isn't running yet, so I just put it on a 5hp briggs to test http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4uZBzKBr4E

This guy highly modified his manco dingo to have very nice suspension, only thing is it doesn't look much like a dingo anymore http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc5-oo5Rx7Y&feature=related

Looks almost identical to this briggs, just a different style mufflerhttp://www.musclecars.net/parts/parts-images-large/5-hp-briggs-stratton-horizontal-shaft-engine_150540985985.jpg

the magneto looks like this http://www.mech.uq.edu.au/courses/engg1010/dynamics_pracs/prac1/magneto.jpg I wouldn't recommend it though, I've ran stuff off that thing in the past, if you use up to much power with your lights the spark cant jump the gap and the engine dies

6' is a pretty regular length, as for width a little skinnier for the main frame wouldn't hurt (if your planning on putting some nerf bars between the tires)

the thinner the rubber cushion, the less it'l be able to twist, so I'd go with a fairly thin one. also, if it did twist a bit, you could always use an idler sprocket with an arm attached to a large spring as a nice chain tensioner

Your my hero. thank you soo much, it worked like a charm :)

So, I've got this tach, its off a good o'l 6 cylinder john deere, it honestly doesn't matter to me that it will only read 3/8 of the actual speed when hooked up, I'm just wondering if any one can tell what wires go where just to make the thing ''work''. I've got a brown wire, a positive (top) a...

Is it possible to attach a car tachometer to a single cylinder engine? or just some types of tach?