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60 bucks aint bad at all. Ill look into that, thanks! Wating on payday for some "play money" haha i have 3 kids so its tricky to come by at times. I found a guy with a TON of old lawnmowers. Going to grab a couple 700s from him and see what else i might find useful.

Hey guys. Just wanted to share where im at on my project. I laid out the wheels for reference as what it should look like kinda. Anyways. I got a free FC420V from my brother from an old lawnmower. Got the carb off amd soaking in gas. Float is free and seems to be working, but the throttle and...

Thanks guys. I was hoping to find a Briggs i could toss cheap.clone parts at. Sounds like i may as well just buy a clone that i know will be compatible and paint it red and black and throw a briggs logo on the pullcord. Haha. Nobody wil be the wiser. The Inteks are tempting, but it seems you are...

Ok guys. Ive been reading into engines a lot lately. What i mostly am wanting to learn in this thread, is wether or not the american branded ohv motors that look a heck of a lot like clones are clones or not, or wether i can get performance parts. So like Briggs i know the intek is related to...

So. From looking online i think its worth my while to grab one of the 196cc gxv200 clones. If i can at least get a flywheel and cam for it to spin it a little faster id be happy, and although they arent identical as far as part numbers, i think i can machine a gx190 style flywheel to fit. Has...

Well. The 3 speed the JD had is... shot. Im not worried about hooking stuff up, at least i have a general idea. So i see this pro gear 7401 has 4 speeds and reverse for 175, rated for 18hp mower. I can live with that. Here is the current state of my frame. You can see where the engine and trans...

Interesting. I use ngks gap as listed online and variance has been .003 or less out of the box. I figure the manufacturers reccomendation is for their recommended plug. *shrug* haven't had any issues. But i have automotive adhd and usually only put 50-100k on and get something different. I...

Im sure ypure right about the resistor. As i said, i only had them because the parts guy gave me the wrong ones. This is a brand new engine with maybe 20hrs on it. It doesnt burn a drop that i have seen. And thats with synthetic 5w40 Valvoline Premium Blue Extreme since break in was completed at...

Im leaning towards an 18.5 oppy I can find them cheap, and there are parts in the tractor pulling world if i get crazy. The torque should let me gear it for speed. My trans has a pretty decent spacing. When it was a mower it would go like 5mph, 7.5mph, 10mph. I plan on quadrupling that.(yes its...

Hi guys. Im bilding a kart with a mower 3 speed gearbox and using the rear half of the mower frame as part of my frame. As such its a vertical shaft setup for belt with tension clutch to gearbox. Im having trouble finding out if gx parts fit a gxv. Im talking about clones but i think it crosses...

That would be because i bought resistors instead of normals for my Mercedes 4.2 V8, and figured the briggs wouldnt know the difference. Will this cause issues like it would my Merc? My car has resistors in the COP boots so thats why i was told not to use them. I figured a primitive engine...

Not to start a war here. But i just changed the Champion plug out of my mowers 175 briggs professional (not a kart, but same difference) which only has about 15 hours on it. It was undergapped, fouling, and basically looked like it had done 30k in a car. Popped in an NGK BKR5E and it is better...

This might sound silly but how full was your gas tank? If all the fuel sloshes to the other side it can blip out depending on your setup. My friend had a kart that always did that so we switched to a tank with sort of sump where the feed was.

I think you mean the smell of leaded fuel and no catalyst. I know what you mean all my vintage stuff has a certain unique smell. If you wanna replicate it you will need Octane Supreme or some leaded race gas mixed in your fuel, if it legal in your state. Idk if the fake stuff does the trick or...

Is there a cc label anywhere on the cylinder? If you really wanna know pop the head and hit it with the micrometer.

Hello to everyone. My name is keegan, and ive been building homemade karts since i was in my teens. Got away from it once i got my driers license, but now i caught the bug again. Currently have a crazy project getting fabbed up, and plan on a build thread here. What i did, is take the frame from...