Made this custom aluminum connecting rod for my Panther 500 engine. When I tore down this engine to restore it, I wanted to improve it to make it better.
Did all of the expected restoring steps of replacing all of the gaskets, oil seals, replacing the piston rings, rebuilding the carburetor, etc. But I wasn’t satisfied with the connecting rod. After some research, it seems like this particular engine’s connecting rod was just not built to handle the load when it was applied to go-karts and mini bikes.
it took 3 iterations for me to be satisfied with the design. But once I installed it and I ran the engine, this puppy really runs very well.
I may be wrong, but this might be the only Clinton Panther 500 with a custom aluminum 7075 connecting rod.
Here is a video of this little engine running.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/126xA-QNjL3VVto-Hvv2bdVaTZf1B9a-b/view?usp=drivesdk
Did all of the expected restoring steps of replacing all of the gaskets, oil seals, replacing the piston rings, rebuilding the carburetor, etc. But I wasn’t satisfied with the connecting rod. After some research, it seems like this particular engine’s connecting rod was just not built to handle the load when it was applied to go-karts and mini bikes.
it took 3 iterations for me to be satisfied with the design. But once I installed it and I ran the engine, this puppy really runs very well.
I may be wrong, but this might be the only Clinton Panther 500 with a custom aluminum 7075 connecting rod.
Here is a video of this little engine running.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/126xA-QNjL3VVto-Hvv2bdVaTZf1B9a-b/view?usp=drivesdk
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