I have a Walbro carb from a fairly new 12.5 - 28 flathead. I have to open the needle about as far as it will go to get it running good. There is a ball stuck in where the Pilot jet should be.....Is there any way to open up the low speed circuit on that type carb??

I am presently involved in my first legal (sportsman class) build per ARMA rules. In the rules it states 39" unaltered minimum.....that to me means the axles must be in the stock location, no shorter that 39". Then on the Pro X rules they state "45" MAXIMUM on a pan style chassis"....which would suggest that the tendency is to make them longer. I have a pair of old Ford mowers that are unusally long....50" stock. The question for you guys that have been at this a while is.........Which is better: long wheelbase or short wheelbase???

Thought you guys might be interested in my new creation. It has a 28 OHV pretty much built to max. Got a ARMA chapter starting close to me here....might have to switch over. The ol' was built pretty close to US specs....it won't be too hard to convert. Trouble is I just turned 50!!!! How old is TOO OLD????

I had my flywheel off of my mildly modified 28 flathead and noticed that one of the magnets looked loose. I took a screwdriver, tried to move it and it came off quite easily. The rest of them were stuck better, but they all came off with not much trouble. I was planning on running it without the magnets, but wanted to get some input from those who may have more experience running stock flywheels. I am running this engine to about 5500 RPM max. I searched the site and only found the "safe" 3600 RPM limit. I would like some real world experience from guys running 5000 - 5500 RPM with stock flywheels (I know there are some doing so). It's going to hard to talk my wife into ANOTHER billet flywheel!!!!

OK guys.....I have a 14 HP OHV 280 series Briggs to use drag racing. I need to know the best bang for buck mods to make this thing a screamer. My thoughts are to go for the cam, valve springs, and carb. The flywheel weight might be a good thing for drags. I am not afraid to spend SMART dollars.

Building a Drag Mower.....Looking for a way to install improved brake set-up. I was thinking of using an Airheart mechanical kart caliper (I have used these in the past and they are great little units and fairly cheap). Problem is, I am using a Foote transaxle-3/4 axles and stock wheels. I saw a set-up in the forum here where someone made a disc hub out of a sprocket. That looked like a good way to go, but I don't like the idea of cutting a keyway slot in the axle (you lose 20% strength, can't afford that with 3/4 axle). I don't like the idea of depending on the setscrews either. Thought about welding the hub to the axle. I cut on the axle a bit with a file and it doesn't seen to be super hardened......Has anybody tried welding to an axle???