My wee (literally) project :)

**.produKt** · 3rd April 2006, 18:28

Right,
I've had this wee minibike with its Briggs 'n stratton lawnmower engine for over 2 years now. Before(pic#1) (pic#2)

Last year i stripped it down and had it powdercoated satin black (for free

) After (pic#3)
Bought a new engine too, and new cables to the accelerator etc

And i bought a turbo and stripped the exhaust side of that off and im going to mount a cog on the clutch of the engine and shaft of the turbo

With the idea being to build a pressure wave supercharger.
But getting enough rpm's for the turbo to make boost could be difficult.

Later on i proved that wrong and discovered i were making quite a bit of airflow just on idle (800rpms). hehe. winnaaarr!

Now on to the difficult part, it always seam that once you pull something apart it never goes back to fucking gether properly -_-
That and i cant find any cogs that i need nor do i know of any engineers that can make me a bracket to hold the turbo to the engine and have it close enough to match teef with the cogs.
I also need a completely new throttle grip as the adjustment thingy doesnt thread up into the plastic grip anymore..

Can anyone help? I need a good engineer (cheap too :S) and a place that sells cogs or gears whichever. When this gets up n runnin it'll be a great but slow bucket racer

oh im in chch too, so a local engineer would be good ;D

**kickingzebra** · 3rd April 2006, 18:31

the things we do in the quest for speed!! YAY what fun!!!

**zeRax** · 3rd April 2006, 19:33

wow its going to be so fast. holy shit!@!!!!!!

**bungbung** · 3rd April 2006, 20:43

I thought your wee project was going to be some kind of school science project.

**Colapop** · 3rd April 2006, 20:49

Will the turbo hurt your little engine? (I dunno make it too hot or summat?)

**.produKt** · 3rd April 2006, 21:39

Love the sarcasm.....

Well i dunno Colapop, when it melts i'll just say meh and find me a 10hp honda twin engine

**kickingzebra** · 3rd April 2006, 21:55

How did you score free powdercoating? reckon they'll do my house for that price? the heat bit might be hard, but the rest should be a doddle!!
BTW, no sarcasm intended, there is nothing that beats making toys, eg the classic motorised barstool. It it exists, and isn't alive, someone should put a motor in it!!

**Colapop** · 4th April 2006, 06:39

Well I say hats off to pioneers such as you! If people didn't try things to see if they worked we wouldn't be able to laugh hysterically later...

Seriously tho' looks like a bit of fun. I know a guy with a full workshop I should buy some steel and see what I can make as my bike!

**Lazy7** · 4th April 2006, 07:44

haha. wicked.

thats a huge turbo for a 3hp engine

**.produKt** · 4th April 2006, 08:45

I scored the free powder coat from a flatmate that was living here at the time

Cheers Stu =) Hope your toes and broken arm never heal after you wrote your harley off. Serves ya right for going nuts then going for a ride while 7 times over the limit O_o.

Lazy7: The turbo size probably doesnt matter, it will never utilize its full potential anyway

And even if it doesnt work, the cool factor is allllll there