HAHA! IM SO DUMB! I totally forgot to post the link to the item. ou: ou: ou: I went ahead and bought it anyway. -Jason http://www.discoverthis.com/visible-v8.html
Thats cool the ones from my day were battery power but like kids say thats when dinosoars still roamed:Brow:
I did a see-thru Wankle engine many years ago. About that engine, I'd buy one, and another for a youth, wanting to get into the auto hobby. I wish there were Buick engines like that.. Have you seen what the modern "ant farm" looks like? LOL http://www.discoverthis.com/ant-works.html ElectraJim
WOW! Seems to be a little flashy for an ant farm... And i really wanted to try and find a motor that would actually run but i guess the closest thing to that would be like a little gas engine for a model car or plane. Does anyone know if you can buy real running engines that come completely apart that you can assemble yourself? -jason
Would be neat if they could run. Dunno why they don't have any small scale running V8s. You could start with a new $150 small 3.5 briggs. It does help to take them apart yourself then reassemble and make it run. Then get a OHV Vtwin riding mower and you got valve adjusting and electrical systems in a small package. Then ya buy project Buick
To really spice it up once the 3.5 is mastered you go up to simple metal fab and bending by building a mini bike. After the mower is done you build a go-kart with it, which is moderate bending and fab with the steering geometry. A whole car to disassemble then put back is its own reward.
I built one of those as a kid, but it was battery powered, and the spark plugs would light up in the correct firing order. I don't understand why they changed it to a hand crank? That's kind of lame. uzzled:
Here is a mini V8 http://www.conleyprecision.com/609.htm Prices start at $5,295.00 videos on this page http://www.conleyprecision.com/online_videos.htm
And just for some reading...here's the largest - no kit available uzzled: http://people.bath.ac.uk/ccsshb/12cyl/ Total displacement - 1,556,002 cubic inches 108,920 hp at 102 rpm
I just saw that Conley also sells a 1/43 scale car!! $13k http://www.conleyprecision.com/cars.htm They also had a Cobra thats not listed on the site any more. Its a must watch video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fip-wLPsbE0
Haha, i have about 5 of those briggs and strattons sitting around in my shed. I've had them apart before. And its funny you mention making a go kart out of a lawnmower.... my brother made a go cart out of a 1979 cub cadet lawn mower. Here's a link to the beast! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2b-CI-8lVE It's kind of funny... -Jason
It is funny as I built one out of the same mower. Though I have yet to really ride it. Tried getting it going again this year but a broken flywheel key and random lose of spark ruined it. I have a newer full sized cub Im going to take a shot at. http://viragotech.com/racinmower/rm.html
I didnt get a chance to check out that link yet, but i will for sure! yeah, our car is now in the back yard being overgrown. It has been a while since we've had it running and last time we went to start it, it needed a new float because the old float bowl got water in it and froze and crushed the float. Then the tranny siezed up. It was a 3 spd manual. Notice our throttle... Its just a piece of wire attached to the throttle on the carb. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: It has no breaks either... Its a very dangerous cart. It has been up to, i believe, 47 mph. It is NOT stable at those speeds. haha. -Jason
This was just a stock 5hp but on my first attempt the seat fell off and nearly ripped my arm off as I didn't want it ghosting riding at 30MPH. His vid post mention of a sprocket change is probably the ticket as I went nuts and flipped the ratio to 1:3 every 1 turn of the crank, the trans turns 3 times. On the 2nd attempt I broke the stock 8 tooth sprocket in half. If I had gotten it running I had planned to afix a gokart clutch with a bigger sprocket with a band brake for brakes. Then just put some straight bars with motobike like controls for gas n brake.
