Hi, I am new to racing lawn mowers. I used to work on push mowers and riding mowers when I was a kid back in the 80's. I had a dozen riders and two dozen push. I loved mowing grass and did it to earn money when I was young. I would make a mess of the backyard racing my riders around the yard. I like to figure 8 race and demolition derby.
Now I would like to get into lawn mower racing, more fun, less pain. I have a 19.5 B&S opposed flathead twin model 461707 in a Craftsman LT1000. I figure I had better start in the C/P class. It has a Peerless 206-545c trans, I was thinking of swapping this out for an old 3 speed trans. I remember the one I had was on a 1950- 1960 rider, 30" cut single blade, 5 hp motor and the clutch worked the opposite way they work today, pressing the pedal tightened the belt to make it go.
I have a lot of reading to do on this site...I have one question though, does anyone cryogenically treat their parts? Thanks, Ivan