What Makes A Racing Lawn Mower Go
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- čas přidán 23. 07. 2017
- This video is just a brief overview of what a racing lawn mower is all about. I show the drive components, axles, transmission and everything else underneath.this mower has a briggs and stratton 28 cubic inch 12 hp motor and peerless 700 series transmission. most all other parts besides the frame are aftermarket parts from various types of machines or custom built parts. This is a uslmra mower bu could be raced with other groups including arma.
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Your videos have been a huge help to me.
Your efforts arw greatly appreciated.
Cheers for the help kermit x
kool , I got a junked 2000's red Craftsman sittin' in my yard....thanx for the kool vids , inspired again ....thanx
RJ
Subbed, Howdy from Northern ontario Canada! Wish we had LMRA's up here! I'm working on a track at camp and have a few builds under me. Current utility mower is a 86 craftsman with guess what, an 11hp!
i cant wait to get my racing mower done i have a red Murray lawn mower the guy who gave it to me said it was like an 80,s mower its in good shape all it needs is a new engine and some mods
Great lawn mower racing is the best sport and Motorsport it should be appreciated and respected and much more of it
Thanks for the info. and inspiration. I'm going to try building a project, starting low and slow. Looking forward to more videos. Again thanks !!!
Wow well done
Wow! That’s bad ass!
That looks like a ton of fun
Wow! Could you explain and shot your belt clutch mechanism? fantastic work BTW! Are theese Peerless transmissions ok in operation? Reliable? Thanks
Great looking racer! Where do you get the 1 1/4" x 4 on 4 axle hubs?
Dudes got a Bridgeort! Nce!
I got 2 of them
Do you do anything special for race prepping your 700?? Be nice to see a video of you going through the gearbox. Great video, thanks
Please make a video going over the 700! I just rebuilt mine and cant get it to go past 2nd gear!
IM TRYING TO BUILD ONE OF THESE NOW AND I NEED HELP ON WHERE I CAN BUY THE FRONT END STEERING SETUP FOR ONE
Great video, Taking a lot of inspiration from your work. I’ve got the same mower model. It’s stripped to the chassis in my shop now. Where did you get your cart axle from? 36” x 1 1/4” right? Bearing hangers and all that from the same place? Thanks for the support and video!
We bought most of our parts from BMI karting and EC carbeurators, but that was years ago and there are definitely other retailers out there.
Axles are 36" x 1.25", 40" is max width sidewall to sidewall per USLMRA rules for our classes and wheels have 5" offset on each side (douglass 8x8's) so there's room for shaft collars.
@@TheJanticJournal hey man, what transmission did I use and where can I get it.
what sprocket size do you run
THANKS!!!
Where can I find a transmission I bought a mower that had the live axel swap but did not have the transmission
really nice work dude very interested how you did the steering
+TedTucholski Thanks for the comment!
What transmission is that? I'm new to this and have never seen belt input chain output. Great video
It's a peerless 700 transmission. They come with a 5/8 keyed input shaft and splined output.
Do you think a 11 inch wide tyre could fit on that rim?
I want to start racing but all I have is a push mower, will I be able to enter that or does it have to be a riding mower?
What kind of transmission is that and what is the part number for it?
Hey what kind of belt is that? That doesn't look like a very standard belt. Can you post a photo/diagram of how you have the pulleys setup and to the 700 trans (is that a 5 speed?) - Trying to build for the first time and it's one of the things I'm trying to figure out before I start. Any help would be greatly appreciated! What model mower is that frame? Is there certain frames to steer away from - I read someone was saying stay away from MTD frames. Anyways! Thanks for the videos man! New subscriber!
+Nicholas Brown It's just a 1/2" belt from tractor supply, they seem to hold up well. The transmission is a 5 speed, unfortunately you can't post pictures in comments but belt setup is close to how them come factory. Make sure you have the clutch on the slack side of the belt. My mower is an older craftsman, I like them but they're heavy, like really heavy. I know lots of guys like and run mtds. Some of them have a big weight advantage over a craftsman.
What year is that Buick Regal on the other side of the garage?
It's an 85. Check out the channel for a few videos of it and there should be a video fairly soon with the Regal too.
what is the name or how is the transmission requested by the tractor
What width axle are you using in the back? About 30"?
It's a 1-1/4 kart axle, it's probably more like 34" inches. Our rules are 40" maximum width at the widest point.
What hubs are those?
I have a baja doodle bug blitz like your green on d you have to bye a moto plate for the predator 212 if not what do I need to do please help
+oIN YOUR FACEo0 The bolt pattern is different than stock. I think they sell an adapter plate or you could make up some blocks. I ended up cutting out the stock motor plate and welding in a new one. I covered it in an earlier video, if you haven't seen it check it out
i have a question, why not use the multi speed trans axle from the mower? are they not strong enough? im wanting to build a twin v powered drift mower and would like a multi speed trans
In lawnmower racing we don't typically use trans axles because we would be stuck with a narrow and small axle size (typically 3/4"). Using the peerless 700 allows us to use a 36" wide 1-1/4" kart axle that is super strong and gives us the ability to fine tune gearing with different sprockets. If you're building a drift mower with some kind of plastic tires a transaxle should be fine. Btw keep an eye out, we have a peerless 700 transmission video coming out real soon.
cool thanks, ya i was thinking of starting with the plastic sleeves but would hope to make it drift on rubber but love the idea of banging through 6 gears. im wanting to use a brigs twin v maybe the 27hp one and maybe twin turbocharging it and converting from belt drive to sprocket drive. but if the trans axle cant handle that id rather go straight to a set up that will.
Intake should be semi rough that way it stirs the fuel and air mixture exhaust should be smooth
Grumpy Jenkins and Smokey Yunick disagree.
I've got a mid 90's murray mower and im gonna attempt to put a go kart axle and horizontal shaft engine in it that makes about 28 HP, would that be legal in any lawn mower race events ?
+Tennessee Outdoorsman If you don't build it to a certain set of rules then it's most likely not going to be legal for any mower racing g that I know of. To me it sounds like you might be looking at building something like an FXS for USLMRA but there are other groups with different classifications.
TheJanticJournal ok thanks
alot of ajustabillity on the front end nice job
How do these 700 series hold up ? i swapped my old 6hp mower to as 16hp v-twin :) lets see how long it will last hah
They do pretty well as long as you're not shocking it with sudden load or shifting under power.
How do you convert from belt to chain?
And from horizontal belt wheel to vertical chainwheel?
Yeah what he said
+TheJanticJournal what model Flathead is that i want to find one for my Murray racing mower
Model 28 12 horse flathead
i saw a couple of Flathead lawnmowers at my local junkyard so maybe they will have one
they get mowers in all the time
Why don't we seen many honda power racing mowers?
Hey where can I get a transmission like that what does it come off of
They came on small rear engine mowers and some of the big walk behind ones too. We did a video on them recently as well. I think it's our second most recent upload.
What kind of trans or fear box did you use
Peerless 700, I did a few videos on them
How come your channel says it doesn't have any content. Where did you go??
+Don Raabe Wow, not sure why it says that. Everything looks the same on our end. Hopefully it's just a CZcams glitch or something.
What transmission is that ?
Peerless 700 series
Gheese you have about $1000 at least in to that thing. I think that a lot of the people who want to race have been left behind but cant afford all that exotic stuff. I can understand having all the safety equipment but some of that stuff is overrated. I love the sport but I think there needs to be a run what you brought class.
Thery have classes that are stock/ stockish.
Can you give me a list of rules and regulations
it is on the uslmra.com
Is that an open class
That mower is SP in the USLMRA rulebook, which is "prepared" so somewhat modified but still stock in appearance and using mostly lawnmower components.
HOWCAN YOU MAKEA HYDROSTATIC MOWER RUN FAST
Swap the trans.
along with what @andy wahl said, do a pulley swap, have a bigger pulley in the front (engine pulley) and a smaller pulley in the back.
What fuel yall run?
I just run 93 octane but I don't have crazy compression ratios
You didn't cant the valves?? It ain't stroked? You can't go with flex fuel? It's cheap and 85 percent methanol. Do they race in Texas?. I never seen it here. Did u go to dry sump or just a windage tray? Where do I find the rules. I may have to go up there and blow some doors off!!!!
If it's got cart parts and it doesn't mow. It's a go kart, majority go kart parts
Where can I find performance parts for either a I/C 13.5 flathead briggs or a Briggs intek 16.5, 17, 18 hp. I think they’re all pretty much the same.
Lithium battery would be lighter and take up less space and last longer
So its basicaly a go kart
It doesn't love the grass it's a go kart not a lawn mower.
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you know,,, thats pretty much it,,, ummmmm,, you know,,,, LOL
wanna see what a 13 year old can do with a lawnmower? basicly nothing but make it fast
Sorry it's not the norm. Taking the whole Elegance out of the lawn mower Racing go ahead and get yourself a go kart. I mean you've already got to go card.
Do you do anything special for race prepping your 700?? Be nice to see a video of you going through the gearbox. Great video, thanks
+Don Raabe I just install an oil seal on the output shaft, remove the reverse sprockets and chain and replace the grease with gear oil. I just had a bad race weekend and broke two of them. The lesson learned is never ever shift at full speed lol