1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

Holy banana pants... Thai people are s small and light even with laying over the handle bars how they hell do the keep the front tire down?

 

You ever seen the arabs race the 4x4 prados and lc's up the sand hills?

 

Yes! That's trippy as balls more guts than I. I enjoy watching odd races even if I'd never do it. I used to race lawnmowers so the fastest you could get em was 60mph. I was not good and was unable to actually drive that sorta speed on a dirt oval, even though the machine I built was more than capable

 

That's awesome! I wanted to build one a while back but couldn't justify the cost/reward ratio.

 

They also do crazy things like this mid race, shifting with their left hand

 

Hard pass! I've come to realize the not so fine line between rush and rush to hospital these days.

 

Ok somebody is starting a prank war with me lol. The put grease on my impact

 

I am in your walls

 

I did it the good ol redneck way lol... barely put 300 bucks into it

 

How did you make a lanwmower go 60 for $300? btw, joined your reddit group. Idk how I haven't had a user name with how much I use it. But, do now.

 

IMO it's gotta be an old craftsman with a peerless transaxle. The one I built also had an opposing twin briggs, shaped like a boxer motor.

Circuit rules were 60mph max, modification allowed but must start with stock equipment.

Cut drive pulley of the engine and put it on the transaxle. Take the transaxle pulley and weld it on where the engine pulley used to be. Remove the governor shaft completely and all its hardware, the less drag the better. That opposing twin didn't use an oil pump, just had oil slingers on the connecting rod cap. Shave those down till they're razor thin. Port and polish the head.. and give it a healthy porting. Double up valve springs to stop the float. Rebuild the intake plenum with copper pipe and polish the inside of the joints. Bore the carb with an engine hone and drill out the jets. Put a dirt bike cone air filter on it with custom pvc intake as a quasi ram air intake through the grill.

Crack open that beautiful ol peerless transaxle and replace any bronze bushings with actual bearings. Replace cast shift keys with steel (custom filed keystock when you're a macgyvering) Install a breather and remove all the grease for 80w90

The big money portion came into it when I cut out and replaced the front axle with a full go kart set up so I had some sort of suspension and real brakes


Fastest I got it clocked was past a speed camera near town at 56mph

 

Fucking Geez! Get em Bob!

 

I was trying to be Burt Munro

 

Had to look that one up. Im stickin with B.Lazar.. Ooh sounds kinda cool. Blay-zar. lol.

 

Fucking things are everywhere here in summer. I cringe watching dads drive their kids around in them. (mostly rentals) Just seems like asking for trouble. Doubly so in an overcrowded beach town.

 

My dad used to take me around on the back of his Harley when I was 5 or so in Santa Cruz. Those things are probably a good bit safer

 

Have you seen that 40 min stan meyer vid about his water powered car? very impressive! That guy had it all figured out. From patents in production to product usability and interchangeability. It is amazing that he was doing that in the 80's.

 

I mostly think of the local traffic around them and the fact that they like to drive as though they've never been on a public street, mostly because they're busy looking and pointing at everything, going super slow then nailing gas or taking a turn they shouldn't, pulling over on shoulders that aren't for stopping, etc. Tourist stuff but more exposed.

 

I don't get them either

 

BURT!!!!
He was a god!
So into the depths of hell i dive with my skeupless 1st gen 3.4...
I got mine plenum off fer kleanin, and some throttle body replacin, why knot change the farkin valve shims??