Recent content by ryf

was looking at a customers clutch master cylinder the other, and it was for a 1989 Toyota pickup, 4 banger. it is cast metal and for 22 bucks includes a reservoir. seems like it might be perfectly in the middle for builds that are too big for cart parts and too small for a full blown car brake...

ok so this is kind of out there but I am going to put it on here to bounce it around. a open differential from the front of a quad or a light duty inline car etc, put a brake on one side and a output chain/pulley on the other. when you release the brake it would spin the side that requires the...

who has one and uses it for ARC and MIG or either and do you like it? if you use it with arc how dark does yours get? I have been using flip downs and my brother in law got an auto darken for MIG and it seems pretty sweet but I use ARC and MIG and want to know if it will replace both well enough...

I have a 17 hp tecumseh ohv490 and I was wondering if anyone could explain things like valve tuning, mine is vertical, but theory is enough to get me in the right direction. when I rev it out I can hear them tick or float a bit, but i am not a small engine guru, so I am not even sure what to do...

I had a spare heavy duty axle for my buggy and I wanted something to move my boat around the yard when I am mowing, so i threw the spare 820 under this and the only wheels I had laying around that were 5x4.5 pattern were off my long gone explorer.... you see where it ended up. .lol.. here I have...

its been a while but we are redoing the lawnmower buggy rear suspension this year going to independent single swingarms and thought I'd put up some pics of the work the parts still need final grinds and tabs cut off in some places but the gist is there, we are running 1" shaft through...

new rear swing arm in place, not aligned, or finished, but photos to see.... I think it looks sweet, about 4 inches of travel at ride height, its about 7" if you get it airborne, which is why we did rear suspension (1 axle in the garbage) the whole cart got about a 3" lift, which makes it look...

I am adding rear suspension to my mini buggy. I am wanting IRS, but a single swingarm would be SOO much easier... looking for ideas as I have some but want to field the idea to other people who have maybe got good ideas too. I am looking at using AG parts currently, 1 3/8 6tooth splined shafts...

videos of my lawn mower engine and tranaxle go cart/minibuggy at work and play. currently its restricted to about 3/4 throttle, but it still goes pretty quick. thanks for looking http://www.youtube.com/v/skN9XjUF0PI http://www.youtube.com/v/MXkKVqHyVZI

anyone running corn fuel? e85/e91? the ethanol fuels? wondering about experiences, and wondering in general. it cheaper where I've seen it.

heres some pics of what I did this afternoon, its mocked up, but it works.. I had a linkage system before, the cable is sooo much less play... this is the shifter mechanism itself, pretty simple, used some scraps of 2x4 tubing to get it big enough, it will get ground out before painting...

so I've been doing some work on an old 60 hp johnson out board, had it all apart and realized this small 4 cylinder 2 stroke would make a bad *** cart engine... plans are slim at this point, but I'm working on an output shaft adapter which is coming right along, will probably go with a small...

I want to use a rack and pinion for the front end, I was looking at the one labeled "14" Buggy Rack & Pinion" as it fits my needs and is light, has anyone else used one of these style racks? I believe its a Taiwan rack, also sold as EMPI. its designed for true sand rails, so should be adequately...

I worked out all this for another site I'm on about off-road racing lawnmowers. a subject came on here where I thought it would be helpful, but I'm posting it in its own thread to avoid hijacking if someone has a question. below is a pic of my 10si in place. these have built in regulators, and...

I don't know about your gps, but mine only does whole digits in mph, which in most cases is fine, but when your working out some problems its better to have a little bit better idea of speed. most GPS units can do KM/H as well, this is a smaller increment of speed per unit, (1 mph = 1.609344 km...