Volvo project financing.

Marty27 · Post by **Marty27** » 09 Mar 2016, 18:28

This Honda project is helping to finance my Volvo project.

Post by **matthew1** » 09 Mar 2016, 19:22

Ok, I'll bite: what is it? What are you making/fixing?

Marty27 · Post by **Marty27** » 09 Mar 2016, 19:45

The guy that gave me a Volvo 850 has commissioned me to adapt his go kart from a 6.5 HP Tecumseh to a 11 HP Honda.

Post by **matthew1** » 09 Mar 2016, 19:56

Oh fun. In my day they were all 4 or 5 hp, Briggs.

Marty27 · Post by **Marty27** » 09 Mar 2016, 20:10

Have you ever seen Jr. Dragsters?

Marty27 · Post by **Marty27** » 10 Mar 2016, 20:01

Progress

Post by **matthew1** » 10 Mar 2016, 20:09

Marty27 wrote:Have you ever seen Jr. Dragsters?

I've seen so much stuff on YouTube in the last five years of what dads are doing for kids with small motorized things it would have exploded my head back in the day. But no, not specifically Jr. Dragsters, so I just watched some, and yep they're awesome.

Marty27 · Post by **Marty27** » 10 Mar 2016, 22:22

We built one several years ago. Aftermarket block based on the 5 HP Briggs. By the time we were done, it pulled 36 HP @ 10,000 RPM on the dyno. Great fun!

Post by **matthew1** » 11 Mar 2016, 10:24

7x hp gain over stock. Can't do that with a T5.

Marty27 · Post by **Marty27** » 11 Mar 2016, 16:39

Haha that thing was high strung. Very temperamental.