Lawnmower Racing - Kansas City, KS Style!!!
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HOLY COW! WAY MORE FUN THAN GOCARTs!
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Lots of racing in Canada
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hay i am going to be moving to de soto kansas and i was wanting know where you guys have the racing at and i need the rules for it
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have guys ever done lawnmower derby its fun too
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NASMOWER!
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And most people have mowers. You also get a snece of achievment when you make something meant to travel at 5mph along a lawn to go 40+ round a race track.
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cool my baby is in this (1:05)
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there are lots of ways. but if u start with a strong solid coog running engine do this.
-remove EVERYTHING you wont need anymore to reduce wheight.
-remove the stock engine and tranny pulleys. get a 2 inch for the tranny and a 4-6 inch for the front. strait pipe ur exuast. give it a tune up. get a high quality belt
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i been to kansas city around fort riley and what not but i live in ga and i race mowers in ga...haahha
going back to kansas city this saturday for thanks giving.lol
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ive been in a lawnmower race they're lots of fun i have one if u wanna see it i have the vid on my profile.
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my lawn mower goes 50mph in 7th(7 is the highest gear)
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how do you make them go that fast?
dude where do u get the the upgrade pullys and if so can u get them for a murry rear engine ?
chevys05 4 years ago
There are some rear-engine units, but they don't make very good racers because of weight transfer and stability issues. I have a rear engine Murray that has a Peerless Transmission, if yours is similar I would advise against modifying it. The transmission is good for a front-engine racer. You need a large pulley on the engine and a small one on the transmission. Look at Tractor Supply or a farm store. Do a little googling and you will find lots of info on building a racer.
bnjmik 4 years ago
talk to your local friendly lawnmower repair place, hardware store, etc and so on. If you live in an area without either, you can find some help on lmr forums and sites like letsmow and heymow... google will turn up a ton of stuff.
My advice though, ditch the rear engine, as somebody said their weight distro SUCKS, just find a guy who will trade for a front engine, that way you have tons more room to play with your transmission ;-)
deadlyfalcon89 4 years ago
A couple of problems that come to mind with the rear-engine mowers: The weight distro of course, they are smaller than most front-engine mowers, and they are lighter and more cheaply built. You want some weight on the steer axle and a rear-engine just doesn't have much. The forums are great on the net.
bnjmik 4 years ago