Turbo lawnmower

[Cod4Killa07]

show how u hook up?

[austinsfarm]

Is that a IHI turbo? Cause I'm doing this to my motor soon please get back thx

[jf892]

crab grass doesnt stand a chance :D

[clutch302tc]

where did u find such a small turbo?

[ONEAL367011]

lol i wonder how fast it runs now. my super lawn mover go 5 mph when im cutting grass lol

[dawsonandjr]

what kind of turbo is that?

[dawsonandjr]

what psi is that set at?

[EricAustin316]

how and why, that says enough lol nice vid, drag race ur nieghbor lol

[MrLawnmowerman3]

hey i have the exact mower and im wanting to turbo charge it and i was wondering where you go the tubo charger at and how to hook it up

[400lawnmower]

How fast can it go

[Pierre5484]

Is that oil on the floor? Nice setup but check the turbo cuz it might be leaking oil!!

[turbosuperiority]

Great video man! You probably already answered this somewhere but what kind of turbo is this? It looks like a small IHI from a CX 500 turbo motorcycle but I'm not sure. Can't wait to see another vid!

[dodgehemiish]

where did u get that im building a racing lawnmower and i really would love to have one of these

[crazybmx101]

where did u get the turbo

[TheRebelman95]

thats just a good idea

[GoGoggansGo]

was there any diffrence at all in the mower after install

[campbells4seasons]

hey could you explain the plate for the turbos lubrication? and how did you manage the governor? thanks

[stylinwiley]

sounds better then most Honda's......lol

[mybigdog131]

hey if u would, will u plz send me a message tellin me how you hooked up the turbo.

[Tropicsca]

dude weld katanas to the blades and take the blade covers off. then you could turbo into dogs' legs before they know what hit them just walking down the street!

[tyr427]

What kind of turbo is it and where did you get it?

[ghak47]

you should take off the blades and put a taller "high" gear in it and mob around town. XD

[pfleeger2010]

Where'd you get the turbo at?

[paddywagons104]

OH MY GOD how much of a kink is in that exhaust pipe off the turbo. it looks like its all most closed in the video. lessen the bend and let it exhaust the gasses ,

[rhys19972009]

thats a sweet sounding mower!!

[enginerebuilder1]

im actually doing this at school now, whacking a turbo on a 26hp V-twin! ported heads, the lot. For our school mini tractor pulls :)

[Busdude97]

Can you make a vid of you driving it?

[pyroboy08]

does the turbo have a decent impact on such a small engine. Everyone tells me that the exhaust from a small motor can't spin the compressor well enough to produce boost unless you have an extremely tiny turbo, what is your turbo from

[motoracer951]

what kind of turbo is this, and where did u get it? great video though

[smovethewolf]

You're doing it right!

[robiniroven]

sounds so nice

[Metromechanic]

Tim Allen's lawn mower :)

[MxRaCeR85b]

were did u get the turbo plaese reply

[ChargerMiles007]

COOL :)

Great to see others doing crazy stuff like we do! :)

[scrapkilla321]

there is no oil going to the bearings of the turbo!!!

[PTEredmond]

that looks awesome im having a hard time finding out how to make lawn mowers go fast/super fast like this thing looks like i could do...im new to this stuff dont really no anything hope to get my first mower tuesday i wanna make it fast so far there's no blueprints to explain it plan and simple :S

[shaunk132]

Are you running a waste gate?

[sasukeuchihayou]

that sounds amazing. what are the engine specs? and there was some oil from the exhaust, is that the engine or is there a problem with the turbo

[91CTD]

Does it cut grass better than it did before turbo ?

[codydixon19]

if you take the mower deck off you'll get more speed if thats what your looking for. very nice job

[campbells4seasons]

@codydixon19 how? i don't understand... its not a car, it doesn't have a high speed transmission, it has a high torque and the engine runs the same speed...

[dragata1]

sweet job keep the videos coming i would love to see this one of a kind beast cut some grass

[addii578]

hey when your mowing is there a really big power difference? i mean a 22hp will already not strain but whats it like?>

[alecm94]

where did you get the turbo?

[alwaysopen]

I have a JD 175 hydro I ride every week to cut my 1/2 acre of zoysia grass. I can't see the purpose of the thing for simple mowing as the throttle is fixed and a turbo would be useless. If I wanted more usable power I would simple replace the engine. I will do that anyway as the mower is into it's second decade.That thing is not used for mowing.

[campbells4seasons]

@alwaysopen well it wouldn't really be useless if hes actually making boost. the reason that a turbo on that is a good idea is the same reason a turbo in a front end loader or a backhoe is a good idea, is makes the machine more efficient in general if it does its job as a turbo correctly.

[JohnnyGTR34]

I would laugh if it had a wastegate :)

[nhmtrhd]

It sounds like it works. I agree that the sound of any turbo is music. Congrats on not putting a spool from a Cat dozer like most seam to do.

[Bamchucknorris]

@CedarRedHawks an IHI-RHB 31 is a great turbo for small engines like these.

[NightTurkey82]

What size turbo and where did ya get it from/off of? That is sweet!

[crazyfarmer2009]

Howd you do this?

[EdVoigt1]

we want MORE VIDEOS!!

[jessewilson1980]

do u have the plans to do that? lol that be awsome for mowing my big ass yard!

[samfox11]

dude that sounds so awsome

[drxplayax]

hello. great video. i have one question. where did you find a turbo like that of that size for small engines? if you know of any places please notify me. thanks

[madmotto]

This is awesome

[11112ryan]

hi there is this mower cabed or injectid

[xxbal1inxx]

doesnt that build no stop boost idling like that?

[ils360]

WHY??

[ZAKFILMS2009]

how big is that turbo?

[aubreywold]

i love the sound of the turbo :)

[Otaybay]

Put a blow off valve on it! i smell turbo lag pl0x

[homebrew77]

what did you do to feed the turbo oil pressure ??

[turbonurbo]

sounds like a lil hog lol

[MrMoterKid]

Sounds great!

[JnDtractors]

I fuckin love it. I'm going to post my tractor videos soon

[pushdabatton]

O.O

[dieselSumbitch]

were did you get that little turbo. im doing up a tractor right now and id like to turbo it

[pryorjack]

what did you get that little turbo off of?

[ohmyfrickengod]

thats no longer a mower....

[Slipknotdrummer9802]

what size turbo and what kind of turbo is this?

[troy5251]

This Thing Is FANTASTIC ive watched this swo many times please put up some more videos of it

[k750h]

Troy, Thanks, it is getting close to grass cutting season here! Once I drag it out of the garage, I'll try to take some more videos and post...

[Fulmergm1]

@k750h how well does it cut the grass

[nighthawk175]

america fuck yeah!

[jacebigelow]

Hi Kurt ! I have not talked to you in a while. Hope all is well. I got a good start on mine last fall and made a little video for my page. Got -4AN fittings over the winter. Now that spring is nearing, i am eager to get started on it again. Cheers !

[k750h]

Hello Jace, I went to your page and saw the video... looks very familiar for some reason :) Good luck with the rest of the fab work!

[NP535overdrive]

hopefully it dont get some grass clippings sucked in the tubo, lol

[hazmat440]

what kind of turbo is it, that is one small turbo? nice lawn mower

[Swampenstein]

Did you modify the carburetor in any way? I also would like to know how you managed the oil.

[k750h]

I did not modify the carburetor any... Currently I'm only running ~4 pounds of boost. This little Kohler engine uses a pressurized oil system. I made a plate between the block and filter to supply the oil and I have an auxiliary pump to return the oil back up to the valve cover. Please read all the comments to see my other replies for more info.

[ContestantNo2]

wat kind of turbo did u use i thought about usein a small JD turbo

[hazmat440]

how did you hook up the oil to it most tractors are just splash feed

[curtismundy]

how fast does it go????

[joku85]

vhere you find that turbo?

[ZOCKER1001]

yes i think too

[MrMechanicjr]

is that a belair in the background

[qxvmx]

uhhh get a crappy mower and put that engine on it and make a racing mower when that thing spooled it would be sick!!!!! you can here the thing really hittin boost when you turned the throttle by hand!!

[invaliidicp]

show me some driving action whit that thing!

[borrowedparts]

i dont care, worthless or not, that sound of a turbo spooling and unspooling on a fuckin lawnmower... priceless. i bet its building boost too, a 22 horse puts out enough exhaust to spool up that tiny turbo

[NomaDairy]

vary nice

[Nettikturbo]

But does it make any positive pressure. Put a gauge on it man. Otherwise it's useless.

[daddyoca69]

My parents had a 79 or 80 drop top with a turbo. it was pretty much a detuned Porsche motor.

[daddyoca69]

There was some late 70's bugs that came with turbos and fuel injection..

[supermaniac5]

sounds very clean, i want to drive it...

[cumminsplowdriver]

whats that turbo off of i pull lawn tractors and that would be sweeet!!

[bamfan2044]

not unless your my uncles lol

[mxdavid]

love the sound of it! :D

[stever199]

that has a really nice sound!!

[xljimmy89]

that is awesome, what did you steal the turbo from?

[bamfan2044]

im guessing old VW bug

[dkkkkk12]

nice sound is where can i get a turbo like that ?

[cookymonster70]

damm u have a lot of time in your hands, huh , lucky

[ryanheilmann]

diesel?

[kevdm9999]

what a great sound!

[RustyCarnahan]

Where can you get a turbo that small?

[Bamchucknorris]

the RHB31 turbocharger is a very small one that can can fit on and produce boost for engines as small as 190cc

[rctmaxxsavage23450]

did you notice any increase in preformance?

[bawww13]

how do you make that work with out an intercooler or boost controller? I want to do this but I dont want to blow my mower up. Please help!

[dib07ce]

you dont need an intercooler, and the stock wastegate will help it not over boost.

[VatreniNavijac177]

no point for an intercooler if the turbo is in fresh air

[bawww13]

is it working like a supercharger? does it use a boost controller of any kind?

[animielover2010]

i so wanna do this if i can do this in auto this year XD

[DAF460]

cool nice sound did u put that on yourself cos its so cool

[DrEwBaBy625]

haha thats awesome

[wilbertm94]

you should put a blow off on it!

[Abzstar111]

nice job mate maybe if you could find a smaller turbo that will cut that massive lag and get more response out of your mower.

[k750h]

Thanks for all the comments... I'm not on here too much so I won't try to reply to any in particular but check out all the previous posts if you're interested in more info. The project was not too expensive but it did take some time and even more aggravation... Thanks!

[theAngelofhevn]

hmm dont u have a litle too big turbo??

[BASSCHAMP101]

How much did It cost and was it hard? LOL

[cbrown27614]

What car is that in the backround?

[vankyfwa]

straight pipe

[acuarofilio]

excellent work.

[rray420er]

thats sounds so rad

[jameslee522]

how much boost

[nickbuchanan0890]

why is your muffler facing forward? air going into the muffler at high speeds cant be good for power....

[Ludapower]

Mostly all riding lawnmowers are like that, you can't just pass an exhaust pipe right through the blades. Also lawnmowers are slow, there's no "high speed" air entering the engine.

[tululilopo]

yeh cuz mowers get oh so much speed going at the blistering speed that they speed to... dumshit...

[lard33333]

wow.. good use of the english language..

[mstruckerboy]

Nice turbo whistle! How about putting a VL dose pipe on it?

[11hrona]

did you mount the carb on the intake of the turbocharger so that it gets sucked through the turbo, or did you mount it so that no gas gets sucked through the turbo but the turbo pushes air through the carb?

[the4x4yamaha]

llooks like air to the carb

[acslims]

too much time on your hands

[k750h]

Thanks for the comments... I didn't buy a "kit", it all had to be fabricated... It would pop wheelies before the turbo :) It doesn't really do much that I can notice for power, but it does make that cool turbo sound!

The car you can see in the background is a 54' Pontiac Star Chief conv. and there's also a 31' model A streetrod right behind the mower (you can barely see the radiator just above the mower's fender).

[Chronikhit]

dude... you're fuckin awesome... and your lawnmower... is fuckin awesome... keep doing awesome shit... lmao!

[progamerIII]

did it make any difference seriously?

[30GB]

can it do wheelies? :P

[bigmaaack]

thats sick dude!!

[gnarwhaleRanch]

you need a 25 or 27 hp carb on there... if not more. forced induction systems only force more air in there if you don't throw enough fuel to em, they'll burn a hole in the pistons. btw, where'd u get that setup and for how much lol cool vid

[wraith255403]

did no body notice the nice old car in the garage

[jacebigelow]

5-stars man !!! Excellent work.

[jacebigelow]

And favorited. Thanks for the e-mails.

[82agwayldt11]

u need some staright pipes on it they sound soooo good ona Kohler vtwin

[sniperace777]

That is the result of a turbo system done right

[jacebigelow]

My thoughts exactly :)

[rac3r703]

this makes spanish people proudd lmfaoo

[okracing06]

sounds like it needs a little bottle of anti lag.

[jeffhulsey16]

Whistle while you work lol!

[pmanson0624]

Kohler engines are the most balance engine Ive ever seen on a lawn mower. This engine sounds crazy

[RibbedGiraffe]

What are you using for an oil pump?

[400exkid]

where can i find a kp35 turbo at?

[Hotrodx199]

what kind of turbo is that? Where can i get that model? how much?

[fpvshitsonhsv]

imagine on a sunday and your neighbour is reading the paper out the front of his house.Then your decide to do your lawn and he see's this TURBO MOWER black with red flames down the sides roll out.jajajaja you would be the king of the street!!Great job mate keep it up

[dixiestorm94]

nice job I'v got a 12.5 craftsman lawn tractor and I'm wanting to put a turbocharger on it any idea's.

[k750h]

I would suggest you find a really small turbo, BorgWarner KP35 size or similar. I don't know if your engine has its own pressurized oil system but an external electric pump could possibly be found and installed that would handle the job... Then just fab up the header etc and enjoy!

I will load some more action shots sometime soon but it's not exactly grass cutting season now...

[dixiestorm94]

thanks that all i need to know

[dustinwaller87]

wat kinda turbo you got?? and wat kinda psi do u get outta it?

[k750h]

The turbo is a BorgWarner KP35... currently making ~4 psi boost. Read the other comments for more detail.

[highdeserthater]

if you turbo it maybe get a 14.5 rod in it too. the 12.5 rods arent as strong as they should be. im just parroting what my grampa said and according to him it works.

[CSAKvids]

Yeah, that's what alot of people do. Good thing about the defect is you can usually pick up broken 12.5s for free, then upgrade the rods, if there isn't a hole in the block.

[highdeserthater]

BINGO

[dixiestorm94]

nice job I'v got a 12.5 craftsman and I wanting to mont a turbo on it any ideas

[lpo146]

dang dude nice job! sounds great finally someone puts a turbo on somethinng that can actually push the impeller!!!

[panamic855]

nice ive seen many of these type of videos.. this one is actually running the turbo.. where did you get the turbo charger?

[Hughesy1993]

sounds like a truck

[the250rider]

I want to see more videos of the mower in action.

[30GB]

very nice i want to install one but dont know how to install a oil system for the turbo do you have have to drill into the block to get oil pressure? or the tourbo has a pump in it? thanks

[k750h]

The Kohler engine has its' own pressurized oil system which I pulled off of for the turbo... The turbo has made as much as 10 psi but I backed the wastegate setting off a bit as I don't need that much boost, just wanted the sound more than anything. Please check out the earlier comments for other info that may have been missed.

[theblackmech]

is 4psi the most presure it can build?

what kind of motor is that on, OHV or flat head? B&S, honda, etc...

have you tried a BOV or intercooler?

thanks.

[theblackmech]

it looks like blowthrough from here, did you do any modifications to the carburator?

[k750h]

It is a blowthrough set-up... there are no modifications to the carburetor or fuel system. I did installed a 15 psi fuel pump but turned out, didn't need it. Turbo only runs ~4 psi boost pressure so pushing fuel out of the bowl isn't an issue.

[theblackmech]

Sweet!

what kindof carb setup did you use?? blow through or downdraft?  and did you do modifications to the stock carb, if so, what were they?

[superfunnyman123]

sounds good!