race mower

heres the start of my build its a simplicity riding mower frame it has a one inch solid axle in the rear and a widend front end with a piece of flat steel. im using a harbor freight predator engine with torque converter.

i like it. looks solid. those predator engines are good engines shockingly. had the 212cc one on my logsplitter till it was stolen. BTW you can post several pics in one posting, so you dont have 4 seperate replies

thanks for the imput

Nice dude, do you know what model that tractor was?

not to be negative....but i dont think that front axle will last if you hit something with a tire,

idk it seems pretty solid it quarter inch thick I think its pretty beefey the pics don't do it justice

what kind of steel is it? high carbon? or is it mild or something? cause ive bent some 1/4 pretty easy, especially when it has as much leverage as it would have if your tire hit somthin

not sure got it from a friend but I guess I will find out how it holds if it were to bend it would bend the bracket inside too witch seems pretty hard but I could be wrong

What size predator are you gonna go with?

its a 212 I already have it I will put up pics soon

Regarding that front axle beam- you'd actually be better off with square tube. The flat bar may tend to flex, and will be much more likely to bend with any kind of impact. I think you're better off to rebuild it (even though you did do a very nice job with that one). If not, then maybe consider welding some square or angle along it's length to add rigidity.

I also note the center pivot hole. Are you going to allow that axle to pivot? Might make for some scary handling at speed.

Which model CVT are you using, and how are you bringing the power from there to the rear axle?

Well Doc my Tractor has the same front beam and it does fine.

Ariens YT11 wrote:

Well Doc my Tractor has the same front beam and it does fine.

He means at speed it gets hairy.

for the front end I plan on leveling it and drilling some holes and bolting it so I can remove it if I need to I don't want to weld it I don't like the idea.

and for the clutch I think its the commet 30 series idk but its the same as fearlessfronts.

All of our tractors run pivot front axles, that hasn't been a problem at speed. They are limited in travel.

Im back just did a lot of work today I just got my clutch today because it was warped but anyways I got the motor somewhat mounted I just need to drill holes. I got the body on and mocked up still got to do the steering witch I will do soon just gotta get the mpney for tie rods will post pics in an hour or so.

I knew that frame looked familiar, I had a Duitz-Allis RER like that. same body and all, except it wasn't a racer.

ya I like it I got the mower from my uncle for free I used it as a mudder for a while but the tranny got all messed up I still have the motor its a briggs flat head I got plans for that motor but that's for a different post.

That thing is pretty awesome