30 hp heathkit boonie tractor trike update
- Thread starter KB2ROCKET
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The next step is both difficult and costly
I am going to use a 44c duster torque converter setup and make a bolt on unit that is like the TAV30-2 units
(everything bolts to the engine! no vehical mounted jackshaft)
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these torque converters aint cheap but they will handle the power plus give me the multi ratios I need for pulling stumps and cruizing
I am going to use a 44c duster torque converter setup and make a bolt on unit that is like the TAV30-2 units
(everything bolts to the engine! no vehical mounted jackshaft)
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these torque converters aint cheap but they will handle the power plus give me the multi ratios I need for pulling stumps and cruizing
That is the Honda GX390 on it originally this engine came from a generator that was left in a lock box at a construction site but the lid leaked and the box filled with rain water and so did the engine then it sat in my neigbors shed for a year then it was sold to me for almost nothing it was hell getting it all apart without damaging everything but I did it and of course removed the govenor and the low oil shut down switch the original crank was a metric unit with no keyway it was bigger tan 3/4 but smaller than 1" so I turned it down and shortened it and cut a keyway in it and drilled and tapped the end but in the end I ended up replacing it with a stock 1" crank I also cut off the gas tank mounting ears they looked ugly 
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then I called Bart at MMS (at that time) and he set me up with a performance cam springs and keepers and a modifyed gas carb / rings / valves / and robertsons sold me a header and I got a ARC rod for it then I fired it up and it ran pretty good and I was happy then several months later I got with Tom at ARC and he set me up with the very first billet flywheel he ever made for this engine and a briggs raptor coil then I sent the head to Mike Clements and he did many things to it and once again I was happy but then several months later I got the itch again and I sent the whole motor to Mike Clements to turn it into a open racing engine on methenol and truely I am not completely sure what all he has done to it. it sports a tillotsen carb and the rotating balancer has been removed Im sure it will kick butt now I just need a way to start it. I may try a onboard starter as the cam was custom welded with the compression release still installed
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this engine has come a long way and externaly it looks like no big deal
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then I called Bart at MMS (at that time) and he set me up with a performance cam springs and keepers and a modifyed gas carb / rings / valves / and robertsons sold me a header and I got a ARC rod for it then I fired it up and it ran pretty good and I was happy then several months later I got with Tom at ARC and he set me up with the very first billet flywheel he ever made for this engine and a briggs raptor coil then I sent the head to Mike Clements and he did many things to it and once again I was happy but then several months later I got the itch again and I sent the whole motor to Mike Clements to turn it into a open racing engine on methenol and truely I am not completely sure what all he has done to it. it sports a tillotsen carb and the rotating balancer has been removed Im sure it will kick butt now I just need a way to start it. I may try a onboard starter as the cam was custom welded with the compression release still installed
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this engine has come a long way and externaly it looks like no big deal
I may loose interest but I wont throw it away I have a lot of projects going all the time so when one gets boring for me I just work on a different one . I understand this is frustrating for some but for me working on something and planning something is where the enjoyment is finishing it is like the end of the party. sometimes I actualy finish things like my toucan wood carving lately I have been spending a lot of time carving a 1/8 scale tecumseh engine out of aluminum with a dremel tool
to sum it all up all this stuff is art to me
to sum it all up all this stuff is art to me
LOL you know I sort of fancy my self as a photographer and I have a real nice camera
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heres is the reason the pictures suck so bad I am on a webtv classic unit and the only easy way I have to get pictures on line is to use my cell phone camera then send it to my email then post it to a web site
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the picture of the dual engine bike is REAL bad because it is a picture of a picture
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I will try and make future picture posts more clear by using better lighting
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heres is the reason the pictures suck so bad I am on a webtv classic unit and the only easy way I have to get pictures on line is to use my cell phone camera then send it to my email then post it to a web site
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the picture of the dual engine bike is REAL bad because it is a picture of a picture
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I will try and make future picture posts more clear by using better lighting
Wow, you still fare pretty well for not using a whole computer. And here I was shopping for KVM switches so I can parallel a couple of my PCs. :biggrin: Oh well, RAM for the laptop comes first. I'm a slave to these dumb boxes.....
You have any plans to put wheelie bars on that trike-tor you're building? My 600cc dirtbike came stock with 35hp.....and it's 280lbs w/o a rider.
You have any plans to put wheelie bars on that trike-tor you're building? My 600cc dirtbike came stock with 35hp.....and it's 280lbs w/o a rider.