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TonyToro

My son and I are building a few racing mowers. A few other father and sons from our pulling club are building as well. We are making a track at our house. We have a pair of Craftsman tractors and I also have an older Lawnflite that will be racing machines. We stripped the Craftmans down to bare bones Thursday. Last night did pulley swaps and new belts. 
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get smaller rear tires 16x8-8 I’m thinking...

adjust RPM

Bolt up decks

 

 

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ZXT
9 minutes ago, TonyToro said:

My son and I are building a few racing mowers. A few other father and sons from our pulling club are building as well. We are making a track at our house. We have a pair of Craftsman tractors and I also have an older Lawnflite that will be racing machines. We stripped the Craftmans down to bare bones Thursday. Last night did pulley swaps and new belts. 
next steps are

get smaller rear tires 16x8-8 I’m thinking...

adjust RPM

Bolt up decks

 

 

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What's the point of bolting up the decks?

 

Larger rear tires will give you a higher top speed.

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ebinmaine

Machinery in general holds a fascination for me.

More pics and info would be cool.

 

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JoeM

A little shot of this, NOS Nitrous Oxide Injection Gas Kart Mini Bike Racing N2o Boost Kit 5 16g N20, coming out of turn 1. Looks easy to hide!

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19richie66

I know this is not what you’re doing but I found this fascinating. Unbelievable build.

 

 

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JCM

@19richie66         Please don't give Eric anymore Ideas.        Awesome video tho

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19richie66

Good thing you can’t see the idea I have floating around inside my head. :ph34r:

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Tractorhead

Aaaaah, you find the Mowzuki in a early Version.

 

there was an update....😎

 

 

 

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TonyToro
1 hour ago, 19richie66 said:

I know this is not what you’re doing but I found this fascinating. Unbelievable build.

 

 

That’s awesome! I’m not going to that extreme but sure would be fun to drive it!

 

10 hours ago, ZXT said:

What's the point of bolting up the decks?

 

Larger rear tires will give you a higher top speed.

Most clubs require the deck to be installed on the mower.

 

I plan on raising up the rear axle into the frame. This makes the machine lower. Smaller tires fit better. 

I’m still new at all this. Learning as I go.

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