Briggs animal motor

[Tuckstowin]

Hi I have fitted a Briggs and Stratton animal engine to my sons mini monster truck it's pull start is it possible to get the engine to charge battrey or how do I do it if possible thanks tucks

 

[Keit1212]

Well If its pull start it probably doesn't have a charging system. If you post or look up the model number for the engine you could check it. If nothing else when it starts to go dead put a trickle charge on it over night with a separate battery charger. I think if you were really wanting to get it to charge you could order the part that goes under the fly wheel. But I'm not for sure.

Definitely post the model number here and someone will know for sure.

 

[FatCat]

Very cool, I have a mini monster as well. These things are attention getters. Have you had a chance to drive it with that engine? Does it work good? That's what I had in mind for mine but I found a really good deal on a Briggs vanguard engine. I'm still curious though. Sorry I can't assist with your question. Thanks

 

[buddyochoa]

Could work in a self regulating alternator somewhere. A little more fab required, but it would provide plenty of power.

 

[OzFab]

Well If its pull start it probably doesn't have a charging system. If you post or look up the model number for the engine you could check it. If nothing else when it starts to go dead put a trickle charge on it over night with a separate battery charger. I think if you were really wanting to get it to charge you could order the part that goes under the fly wheel. But I'm not for sure.

Definitely post the model number here and someone will know for sure.

Charging/starting systems can be retrofitted to some engines, not all. As stated above, you would need to check the model # to find out if it's possible to fit to your engine

 

[slideways]

Curious as to why you paid the money for a full race motor in a mini monster truck. There won't be a way to add a charging coil to the animal. You're going to have to just use a car battery of some kind to run your lights and just trickle charge it after you use it.

 

[B man]

Curious as to why you paid the money for a full race motor in a mini monster truck. There won't be a way to add a charging coil to the animal. You're going to have to just use a car battery of some kind to run your lights and just trickle charge it after you use it.

The briggs Animal is no where near a full racing motor. Maybe the Mk2 and 3 where. but the original animal is just a slightly hopped up 5hp flat head.

Edit: opps i was thinking of the raptor. Well anyways the briggs animal is not all that hopped up depending on the package it has. and its a fairly newer motor so id say you can hook up a charging coil.

 

[buddyochoa]

http://www.briggsandstratton.com/en...nance-repair/animal-12v-electric-starter-kit/

Here is instructions to install the 12v starter, so I'd have to assume there is a charging coil for it.

 

[slideways]

Funny to read what people have no idea what they are talking about. The electric starter is another professional kart racing item. Designed to be fired once and raced. There is no need for a charging coil in a racing go kart. If he wanted a charging coil he should have found an Intek motor with an electric start system which would probably still have been cheaper than buying an Animal.

If an Animal isn't a full race engine than what is? An Intek?

 

[FatCat]

Curious as to why you paid the money for a full race motor in a mini monster truck. There won't be a way to add a charging coil to the animal. You're going to have to just use a car battery of some kind to run your lights and just trickle charge it after you use it.

Because it probably sounds awesome. That's why I had it in mind. You wanna play you gotta pay. They're not that much. If I was you I'd put on a larger battery box and use a deep cycle battery. If you don't find another option.

 

[anderkart]

Hi I have fitted a Briggs and Stratton animal engine to my sons mini monster truck it's pull start is it possible to get the engine to charge battrey or how do I do it if possible thanks tucks

I'm currently researching this matter with a friend of mine that owns a local kart shop that sells/blueprints Briggs Animal engines for racekarts. He's never heard of anyone attempting this before, but likes your Idea and wants to help you all he can

We're trying to determine if the charge-coil and matching flywheel components Briggs offers for the 6.5hp Intek series engines will interchange onto the Animal without any further mods or not.

There may be some unexpected Issues with the Animals PVL ignition system, but many parts will indeed interchange between these 2 models, so do we have hope. My buddy (Bernie Locotta) is going to be contacting some of the Briggs engineers and ask if this is a do-able mod using all off-the-shelf Briggs parts or not...

I'm hoping Bernie will register for this forum and post your info here himself, but if not I'll pass the word along asap.

 

[B man]

Funny to read what people have no idea what they are talking about. The electric starter is another professional kart racing item. Designed to be fired once and raced. There is no need for a charging coil in a racing go kart. If he wanted a charging coil he should have found an Intek motor with an electric start system which would probably still have been cheaper than buying an Animal.

If an Animal isn't a full race engine than what is? An Intek?

Well it can be a race engine. but i mean if its not got the right package it really isnt. Its just Briggs Go kart engine.

And your wrong. if its a true Race engine it wouldnt even have a pull start. Most use the external electric starter . And yeah if the block permits he can put one on there if he wants.

 

[OzFab]

I'm currently researching this matter with a friend of mine that owns a local kart shop that sells/blueprints Briggs Animal engines for racekarts. He's never heard of anyone attempting this before, but likes your Idea and wants to help you all he can

We're trying to determine if the charge-coil and matching flywheel components Briggs offers for the 6.5hp Intek series engines will interchange onto the Animal without any further mods or not.

There may be some unexpected Issues with the Animals PVL ignition system, but many parts will indeed interchange between these 2 models, so do we have hope. My buddy (Bernie Locotta) is going to be contacting some of the Briggs engineers and ask if this is a do-able mod using all off-the-shelf Briggs parts or not...

I'm hoping Bernie will register for this forum and post your info here himself, but if not I'll pass the word along asap.

Anderkart, you da man

Apart from the ignition compatibility issue, the only real issues I forsee would be the mounting of the starter &, more importantly, the weight/balance difference in the flywheels; depending on how different they are, it may hurt performance a bit...

 

[Bluethunder3320]

i didnt read the whole thread so i dont know if anyones said this before, but.. your engine is a race engine and it pulls high RPM's, light coils are designed to make 12v at 3600 rpm. lets say you are running 7,000 rpm, wouldnt the coil make 24v or just short out?

 

[slideways]

Even if you could mount a charging ring inside of the flywheel (which there is no tapped holes to do so on an animal) and you changed the flywheel, (from the certified stock high rpm race unit with the PVL ignition to another one off of a utility Intek motor with the charging magnets inside it). The real question is WHY are you spending even MORE MONEY on an engine you already paid too much for in this application?

The animal has round port heads and internals that are meant to withstand 7000rpm. Thus the reason it is a RACING ENGINE. It also makes the most power at a high rpm when compared to an Intek or basically any other engine you could have bought for the same price (16hp clone, 8hp Intek etc) which would be running 3600rpm putting out the same amount or more power than this Animal motor. It just doesn't make any sense to me to put this into a Mini Monster truck which is heavy as hell and will need very high gearing and torque to be effective. A street kart or street mini bike yes. A monster truck no.

Also keep in mind you have a slide carburetor (also found on racing engines) to deal with hooking the throttle cable up to. This will require the use of a RACING throttle hookup setup off of a RACING go kart website like the Kwik-Link system as opposed to just hooking a return spring and a throttle clevis to an arm like on a utility motor on a fun kart.

My argument here is how much did you spend on this motor vs how much more bang for your buck you could have gotten going a different way. The original poster hasn't told us that yet. If you found this Animal for $150 then by all means go ahead and try to make it work. But if you paid $500 for it see what the return policy is.

 

[B man]

This all depends on which animal it is. theres the Briggs Junior 206 which is like an animal but its tunned way down. Or theres the Briggs Local option 206. which is basicly the base model. and both have a pull start. these two arent to over built for the job.

now the Briggs animal (as far as i know) doesnt come stock with a pull start. did you buy it one? cause they really are just built for racing. there also rev limited to 6,100 rpm
but these can be fitted with electric starters. but not a charging coil.

Now if it really is the briggs animal then yeah. no where near built for the job of monster truck kart.lol but then again with a TC it would work great.

But id just use a battery and charge it ever so often.

 

[surfs up]

Just a little clarification. The Briggs Jr LO206 has a 4100 RPM rev limiter and a device to limit throttle opening. The LO206 has a 6100 RPM rev limiter. Both engines have factory sealed crankcases designed to be raced as is. Both engines have pull starters. The Briggs Animal is exactly the same engine except it has no rev limiter ( actually it is limited to 12,000 rpm but only the coil is capable of seeing that rpm). The Animal does not come with a pull starter as it is designed to be blueprinted and when it is the comp. release on the cam is removed. If you leave a comp. release on the cam a pull starter can be used.

 

[slideways]

Welcome to the forum! Glad to see you know what the heck you're talking about!

 

[FatCat]

The mini monsters use a CVT/jackshaft setup. That means my 16hp will go the same speed(30mph) as a 5hp at 3600 rpm. I will just get there much quicker. If this animal makes enough torque to turn the jackshaft and hits 6000rpm your talking 45-50mph.