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They were out on exersizes one fine fall day, not long ago.

Anyone have any experience with CV shafts? good? bad? ugly? I need to upgrade the axle shafts on Franken buggy. I'm not happy with the junk shafts that I cobbled together from old driveshafts. The old adage "ya can't make chicken soup from chicken s**t" has proven true once again. Egor balanced...

Franken buggy went to the desert this past weekend for some fun and games and recorded this run: At which point the crankcase side cover decided to part company with the crankcase. Bolts were sheared off and some were just backed way out. So the question is: WTF? and WHY? all the bolts were...

Consider this: When torque, and his friend traction get encourgement from their mischevious cousin throttle, stuff hits the fan. Below is pics of 2 x 2 x.120 wall steel tubing, that was part of an engine mount. everything was working well until it wasn’t. That was a .375 inch slot milled, then...

Just might have a little problem with cooling! Was there such a thing as air cooled outboards?

Saw this alien cruise in this weekend.

Started laying up the chassis for Naughtagator 2.0. The goal is just a yard kart for hauling tools and assorted junk around the campus here at the Mountain top laboratory. This is not a kart for everyone (nobody for that matter) but it will serve the purpose here for $20K less than the real...

Before ya all start piling on, it has been well established that hydrosatic transmissions are not suitable for high speed and/or high power applications. They do however work well in applications like ride ‘em mowers and low speed yard junk. l’m planning Naughtagator V2.0 and want to use one for...

This looks like a kick! I have found where V2 is headed!

I began working on buggy 2.0 cuz I needed another project. Like I don't have enough already. I'll post up the progress as I go, cuz everyone needs a good laugh every now and again. I welcome suggestions and other ideas on how to do things better so bring it on. You old experienced guys won't...

How l envision my wiring projects in the begining: How my wiring projects usually end: please request a copy of my disclaimer, or you can download it on my profile!

I've been chasing a vibration problem, that I have isolated to the rear tires/wheels. After finding out none of the local tire shops are willing to balance ATV tires I needed to come up with a hack solution, to reduce the vibration. So after a few hours of 2 am engineering I came up with a...

Egor has finished up his engine mods on Franken buggy and asked me to take the first test run. Fortunatly there is no video of the event, as the stupid grin on my face turned to horror as the fence came up faster than expected. Happy the brakes work good! The short version of the report is: This...

Egor is troubleshooting an engine for a neighbor. He says he heard a noise and it quit running. Something about lost compression? he's going to repair it with JB weld!

Egor showed up at the Mountain Top Labratory this morning with his latest find. A new transmission and engine for V2.0 of franken buggy. Says it needs work. I went to the local bar...

Just curious. They look cool and their propaganda sounds great. I have a mikuini and don’t see a reason to change, but these keep turning up in my research. https://nibbiracing.com/

Ordered a new piston from NR Racing. Apparantly the pistons are edible. It says right on the box “supper quality”! There were however no cooking instructions!

Franken buggy‘s engine (Gx390) is in pieces waiting on a few new parts. So in looking at the guts the balance shaft comes into question. Leave it out? Leave it in? Research has shown opinions are split 50/50. l’m leaning towards leaving it in, cuz my thinkin is the engineers that designed this...