Chainsaw or Go-cart

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MoJoMowerman

Discussion Starter · 15 d ago

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found this today and debating on making it a 4 hp Go-cart. I found some nos rings but it has good compression. I gave a old go-cart frame to my daughters boyfriend but I will have to see if he ever used it. The go-cart is one of those old ones I road as a young kid back in the 1960s. Or try to find some parts for the chainsaw. What to do?. What to do?

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tm10058196

· #4 · 15 d ago

I sure remember those days too. Chainsaw motors were death machines, way too fast for us kids, so we just loved them. One had a direct drive, start it on a block and kick the front wheel to get it off, hang on tight.

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· #15 · 14 d ago

Ariens93GT20 said:
Not sure if I will ever get to old for the need for speed. Got get a car back together before old and cost prevent all this fun.

Guess I'm pretty much in the same frame of mind too. Putting together a 400 small block but I'm getting scared of the costs to actually rebuild a motor these days. I'm thinking a mostly stock short block with some good heads and 4 bbl carb. Be in my old Camaro with a five speed. I'm getting off topic here though, I'm good at that.

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· #18 · 13 d ago

10" of ice on a lake? Probably never seen that around here. Used to have fun riding four wheelers on the local reservoir when it was froze over with some snow on it. Haven't even seen that for years. Be kind of nice to have a real winter to play in.

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· #25 · 9 d ago

Used to get those engines for about $90 complete. Just amazing for that build quality, a new actual Briggs carb would probably cost that these days. Those Go-karts bring back memories. I remember one of my old pal's mom bought him a kart with twin Power Products two stroke motors. Pretty deluxe machine for the time. Hid step-dad built him a track in the side yard. He got pretty good on it so they loaded it up and took it to the local dirt track. His mom watched the practicing and they left real quick. He was about half nuts and she knew he'd kill himself racing. She was probably right.

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