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DIY AZZA STYLE SUPERCHARGED GO KART!

Started by _Azza_ , Apr 12 2007 12:22 AM

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#1 _Azza_

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Posted 12 April 2007 - 12:22 AM

The newest project.. DIY AZZA STYLE GO KART!

Well I had been eyeing this engine off for so many years.. This edger was sitting in our shed for years, then it went up to my grandparents shed for a few years.. then it came back to ours.. Dad had a bit of a cleanout this weekend and decided it was going to go. So I clamed it lol..

It's a 3hp 4 stroke.

I was bored yesterday so I started pulling it apart and tweeking it up to see if I could get it to run a bit better.. Drilling out the muffler, removing the air filter, removing the blade + extra pulleys, and running it on thinners did the job lol.. It revs killa now.

This is just something to do in my spare time thats not spent working on the tory.. which is very very minimal lol.. So it wont be started officially until the tory is back on the road.

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And today I supercharged it..

Dead set lol. Used an old vaccuum pump thing that was laying around. It looks exactly like a turbo lol.. It pumps a shit load of air, and when I get a bigger pulley on the engine, it will be pumping out heaps..

I just mig'd the shaft of it onto the pulley where the blade used to be, and made a quick little bracket to hold it a bit steady.. It was all done in 15mins, if that lol.. I jammed a bit of vacuum hose on the end and thats what I used to sit on top of the carby haha.

At the moment it is not getting enough fuel. The only reason it is running was because I had the choke all the way out. But thats not ideal lol.. Tomorrow I am probably going to waste my time again on this, trying to modify the carby to pump more fuel in.. When I should be working on the tory. But hey, it's fun lol

I got some more pics of it all close up but they are on my phone. I'll put them up tomorrow.

Cheers,

It's amazing what you can do when bored lol

Video of it in action!

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#2 rodomo

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Posted 12 April 2007 - 01:24 AM

I reckon the governer is governing by the sound of it.
I "adjusted" the governer on an old ride-on I had when I lived up in "Wraith" country. Lasted 2 laps of the yard :fool:

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#3 orangeLJ

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Posted 12 April 2007 - 09:53 AM

methinks it might be developing a rattle very soon.....

but seriously thats nuts :spoton:

top work!

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#4 _Keithy's_UC_

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Posted 12 April 2007 - 10:22 AM

Well done Azza! Thats one serious bit of gear there ha ha!! Do you think you'll hit the magic 5HP mark or are your sights set higher?

Keith

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#5 _jake_

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Posted 12 April 2007 - 12:36 PM

thats awesome, keep us updated ay

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#6 _Big T_

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Posted 12 April 2007 - 01:52 PM

Hahaha, reminds me a Young Ones episode except that was a SC vacuum cleaner......

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Posted 12 April 2007 - 05:41 PM

haha azza thats crazy!! :tease:

how come you have so much spare time???

Leigh

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#8 _Azza_

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Posted 12 April 2007 - 05:41 PM

Im gonna pump as much HP out of it as I can until it blows up lol..

Which will probably be very soon. hahaha

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#9 _Big T_

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Posted 12 April 2007 - 05:44 PM

Hmmm, might be blue bottle time...... That will be one fully sic Rover Uleh, dont forget the 22 inch chromies and mad spoiler.

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#10 _Azza_

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Posted 12 April 2007 - 05:44 PM

haha azza thats crazy!! how come you have so much spare time???

Leigh

I work a killa shift. 7 - 3 :spoton:

So from 3 onwards my time is spent on the tory, and stupid ideas like this one until about 9 oclock at night haha..

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#11 _Monkey_

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Posted 12 April 2007 - 06:37 PM

Like T said, get some NOS in there Azza.

Spray some in and video it :spoton:

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#12 _Azza_

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Posted 12 April 2007 - 08:43 PM

haha.. if someone else supplies it I will

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#13 RIM-010

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Posted 12 April 2007 - 08:44 PM

^ Surely one of the HH.com guys will have something?

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#14 _[BOTTLEDUP]_

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Posted 12 April 2007 - 08:49 PM

I tried the nitrous on my Talon mower on Tuesday night, worked a treat!!

Think its got a bit of a rattle now tho. CBF setting it up properly so just stuck the main feed line straight into the airbox....

Bottle pressure was a bit low so the et's were a little inconsistant LOL

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#15 _Azza_

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Posted 12 April 2007 - 08:58 PM

I pulled it apart tonight to clean it all up. Dismantled the carby, put it all back together.. And now the f*cker wont run unless the choke is out full, and when you let it go it dies.. Damnit.

Meh, good sign to get back into the tory lol

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#16 _@milco@_

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Posted 12 April 2007 - 10:19 PM

if you want to get a cheap nos setup on your mower, go to the op shop and get a old soda syphon
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and go and buy some creame bulbs ( gray colored ones not green) from the supermarket about 9 bucks for 10 bulbs
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, then atatch a hose to the soda bottle and crank in about two bulbs then pull the trigger.... cheap nos...........

directions on loading the syphon

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#17 _@milco@_

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Posted 12 April 2007 - 10:21 PM

oh yeah this also works on those small motor bikes and petrol powered scooters......

two bulbs are the max the syphons take as well..............

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#18 orangeLJ

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Posted 12 April 2007 - 10:31 PM

so you can still buy soda bulbs! are they the metal wrapped ones? i used to get em and blow shit up as a little tacker!

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#19 _@milco@_

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Posted 12 April 2007 - 10:47 PM

yeah you can stil get them but they are in the bottle shop section now, yeah good old sparklers and soda bulbs... those where the days.........

the green ones ( soda) are co2 and the gray ones ( creame) no2

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#20 orangeLJ

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Posted 12 April 2007 - 10:51 PM

so you just gotta be over 18 to buy them now? well im 19 so i spose that counts. lol
and by "young tacker" i mean from like the age of 10 to about 16.! so not too long ago, but i remember getting suspended from primary skool for blowing the shit outa toilets! that wasnt just soda bombs, but yeah. good times!

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#21 _Azza_

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Posted 12 April 2007 - 10:55 PM

omg terrorists have taken over my thread lol

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Posted 12 April 2007 - 11:14 PM

so you do actually work... lol!! thats alright though cos you get home reasonably early so you still have heaps of time to muck around! reminds me of the good old days of when i was in high school and all i would do was muck around with my mate tryna make go-karts and motorised bikes and hoon about in paddock bombs! good times...

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#23 _Azza_

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Posted 12 April 2007 - 11:32 PM

yeh mate full time apprenticeship

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Posted 13 April 2007 - 02:08 AM

yeah i should be doing something like that instead of doing this bullshit uni crap!!!! uni sux man.... enjoy the money whilst you can!! (=spend on torry whilst you can :spoton:

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cheers