Thanks bro. I’m just as excited as you are to see it coming together. I have all the materials on hand except one last McMaster Carr order for the balance of the bushings and hardware. Should be working months. Cheers!
There are three speeds in the transmission plus reverse. Final drive in top gear will net 65mph but the presently bone stock 6.5 predator will not get there. I’m shooting for 4500 rpm in first which will net about 35 mph. Thanks so much for your interest.
@@bluewhaleadventures152 Good to know. I've been messing around with an idea for a front engined gn/frazer-nash/chater lea 1913, monster grafton type build (basically a special homemade racing cyclecar). I even thought of using bicycle gears so that I could somewhat mimic the frazer nash chain drive 4 speed. Depending on gearing theoretically it could get 60-90mph (depending on 3:1 vs 2:1 finial gear ratio) at stock predator governed rpm of 3600. Really would be a death trap and I have no idea how I would get it to not explode the bicycle chains needed so may be slower on finial. Also made the decision if I will build it to go with a wildcat 223 engine for the reason you mentioned with the predator. I never even thought of doing a lawnmower transmission so you definitely have a better idea then me. Plus you have some beautiful bodywork on your kart. Looking forward to videos of it running.
Man this build looks awesome. It will be interesting to see the lawnmower transmission in action. I hope you finnish this build as soon as possible!!
Thanks bro. I’m just as excited as you are to see it coming together. I have all the materials on hand except one last McMaster Carr order for the balance of the bushings and hardware. Should be working months.
Cheers!
What gear ratios are you using for this and what speeds are you expecting to get out of her? She has the looks of potentially being very fast.
There are three speeds in the transmission plus reverse. Final drive in top gear will net 65mph but the presently bone stock 6.5 predator will not get there. I’m shooting for 4500 rpm in first which will net about 35 mph.
Thanks so much for your interest.
@@bluewhaleadventures152
Good to know. I've been messing around with an idea for a front engined gn/frazer-nash/chater lea 1913, monster grafton type build (basically a special homemade racing cyclecar). I even thought of using bicycle gears so that I could somewhat mimic the frazer nash chain drive 4 speed. Depending on gearing theoretically it could get 60-90mph (depending on 3:1 vs 2:1 finial gear ratio) at stock predator governed rpm of 3600. Really would be a death trap and I have no idea how I would get it to not explode the bicycle chains needed so may be slower on finial. Also made the decision if I will build it to go with a wildcat 223 engine for the reason you mentioned with the predator. I never even thought of doing a lawnmower transmission so you definitely have a better idea then me. Plus you have some beautiful bodywork on your kart. Looking forward to videos of it running.
@@questofknowledge8788 Sounds like a great project. I’ll keep my eyes open for it.