While I'm waiting on the paint to get here for my ARCO build, I thought I'd make use of the GX200 Honda engine that came in it.
I got the Baja DB30 rolling chassis for cheap in another deal and it's sorta been sitting there, so...
Anyway, the chassis is nice, but the PO went a little a little crazy with the spray paint/primer (note tires, rear brake caliper, rotor, and cable overspray). I need to deal with that... Engine is just set in there, so I plan to cut the center out of the current mounting plate and weld a new one with the GX200 mounting pattern on top. The engine has no signs of a governor (got it that way), so rather than get a new throttle linkage, air filter assembly, etc. for the current carb, I'm just going with a Chi-kuni 22mm (since I have all the necessary parts to do that already, and the cost is more or less a wash).
I may order a new tank... The current tank needs painted and the cap leaks. I figure by the time I buy the stuff to take care of that, $22 for a new one might be the way to go. Anyone have any bad experience with the repop tanks? These seem to rate well:
http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-5...0001&campid=5335845805&icep_item=233442876553
I got the Baja DB30 rolling chassis for cheap in another deal and it's sorta been sitting there, so...
Anyway, the chassis is nice, but the PO went a little a little crazy with the spray paint/primer (note tires, rear brake caliper, rotor, and cable overspray). I need to deal with that... Engine is just set in there, so I plan to cut the center out of the current mounting plate and weld a new one with the GX200 mounting pattern on top. The engine has no signs of a governor (got it that way), so rather than get a new throttle linkage, air filter assembly, etc. for the current carb, I'm just going with a Chi-kuni 22mm (since I have all the necessary parts to do that already, and the cost is more or less a wash).
I may order a new tank... The current tank needs painted and the cap leaks. I figure by the time I buy the stuff to take care of that, $22 for a new one might be the way to go. Anyone have any bad experience with the repop tanks? These seem to rate well:
http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-5...0001&campid=5335845805&icep_item=233442876553
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