lawnmower engine questions

[DS13]

Would a push lawn mower engine work well or would the vertical shaft not work? If not, what kind of engine should i be looking at.

 

[TorqueRanger]

The questions of the day is ????
Will work for what and what are you doing because we need more info????

 

[B.M.800]

A Vertical shaft engine can be used.

linked up to a lawnmower transmision would prolly be the easiest, and cheapest. However a lawnmower tranny is not made for going very fast.

 

[Bluethunder3320]

im using a mower engine and transmission... keep watching to find out how itll work. should be driving early spring.

 

[Bluethunder3320]

you can also convert them to horisontal shaft engines. most vertical shaft push mowers ive seen have either stepped shafts or 7/8" keyed shafts. the best would be a 3/4" shaft with a 3/16" keyway, but you CAN use 7/8" keyed and 1" keyed.

so to convert them to run sideways you need to do the following:

make a vertical engine mount
make a oil slinger on the connecting rod
make a custom intake manifold to mount the carb upright
rotate the pull start

im going to do this to a 6.75 OHV briggs as soon as i finish my kart. it will probably just be used to say that i can do it... wont have much of a purpose because i doubt it will be very reliable.

 

[Shergernetic]

It'll work look for vertical shaft convert to horizontal shaft on YouTube

 

[sexyvicta]

twostoke lawnmower engine, is the answer to your question.