Gentlemen,
I have been lurking for the past few days after finding my way here from the HAMB.
Now, please treat me gently but could someone point me in the direction of Briggs & Stratton 101?
My son and I are in the process of building kart/rod using a 5hp B & S motor from a leaf blower that came with our house.
After checking for spark and pouring a little fuel down the carb it fired right up and ran quite nicely, quite a surprise as we have lived here for 10 years and have never used the blower!
What is needed to make this a suitable engine for use in our project?
I have read about using Tillotson carbs, Robertson kart pipes and K&N filters along with what sounds like all sorts of Voodoo to someone more used to 97's open headers and scoops....
Is there an easy way to tell if it has a 3/4 shaft or is it just a case of measuring it? Right now it has a huge fan attached to the shaft.
Can I attach a throttle cable to the existing carb? It has a slide throttle hare and tortoise type set up at this time.
The good news is that from a quick look over it doesnt seem as if it has that much use, the plug was the right colour when I took it out and from looking into the cylinder there is no heavy build up of carbon on the top of the piston.
Compression is good as is the spark.
An engine is an engine but they all have their little quips and foibles, as our first father and son project I want to ensure that Juniors interest is maintained by not making any stupid Newbie mistakes.
Many thanks
P.:biggrin:
I have been lurking for the past few days after finding my way here from the HAMB.
Now, please treat me gently but could someone point me in the direction of Briggs & Stratton 101?
My son and I are in the process of building kart/rod using a 5hp B & S motor from a leaf blower that came with our house.
After checking for spark and pouring a little fuel down the carb it fired right up and ran quite nicely, quite a surprise as we have lived here for 10 years and have never used the blower!
What is needed to make this a suitable engine for use in our project?
I have read about using Tillotson carbs, Robertson kart pipes and K&N filters along with what sounds like all sorts of Voodoo to someone more used to 97's open headers and scoops....
Is there an easy way to tell if it has a 3/4 shaft or is it just a case of measuring it? Right now it has a huge fan attached to the shaft.
Can I attach a throttle cable to the existing carb? It has a slide throttle hare and tortoise type set up at this time.
The good news is that from a quick look over it doesnt seem as if it has that much use, the plug was the right colour when I took it out and from looking into the cylinder there is no heavy build up of carbon on the top of the piston.
Compression is good as is the spark.
An engine is an engine but they all have their little quips and foibles, as our first father and son project I want to ensure that Juniors interest is maintained by not making any stupid Newbie mistakes.
Many thanks
P.:biggrin: