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kyle
05-13-2003, 10:57 PM
i was watching motor mayhem on the discovery channel the other night and they were souping up lawn tractors and racing them. they made them go 50+ mph. i was just wondering if anyone on here has done that. cause we have a 1989 cub cadet just sitting there and i got the itch to make it bad @$$ :twisted: :twisted:
Bill X_R
05-13-2003, 11:38 PM
I caught some of that also. That was pretty crazy! Some people just have more time and money than sence i guess. something different .that's for sure
mrman550
05-14-2003, 10:14 AM
i put a 250 snowmobile moter on a riding tractor it flew!
kyle
05-14-2003, 02:00 PM
thats awesome. they said on tv that one very cheap thing you can do to make a lawn tractor faster is take the governor off and replace all pullys with bigger ones.
TrikeKid
05-14-2003, 07:33 PM
Where do they get the pullies? I used to watch it on TV every weekend the FX class is pretty balls to the wall! :-D
YAMAHA_Jim
05-14-2003, 08:04 PM
Bill X R Some people say that about ATV enthusiasts.
I watched the lawn tractors the other nite to.There was more beer drinking than tractor racing. A few years back TNN showed a few races on Friday nites after Monster Jam. My Yamaha tractor wouldnt do to good considering it has a hydrostatic transmission.
Howdy
05-14-2003, 08:20 PM
I caught some of that also. That was pretty crazy! Some people just have more time and money than sence i guess. something different .that's for sure

Bill they have lawn tractor races every year at Celina's Lake Festival. If you want I can let you know when they are this year. They really scoot.
Howdy
3WheelsForever
05-14-2003, 09:06 PM
Really Howdy I never knew even though Ive been there more than once lol. Ill have to see if I can check them out this year.
trikeman
05-15-2003, 10:35 AM
over the summer we had a snapper going over 35, with different pullys, governer off.
trikeman
05-15-2003, 10:39 AM
over the summer we had a snapper going over 35, with different pullys, governer off.
FullBore
05-15-2003, 05:11 PM
Heres some british mower racing sites, this one is one of the teams that competes http://www.thesillysods.co.uk/

and this is of the THE OFFICIAL BRITISH LAWN MOWER RACING SITE http://www.racemower.co.uk/

Nat
Bill X_R
05-15-2003, 05:51 PM
Howdy, Sounds like a good way to kill an afternoon...let me know when it comes around again!


That's funny you said that Jim...When I wrote that I was thinking the same thing.
TrikeKid
05-16-2003, 12:13 AM
Where did u get the pullies Trikeman?
trikeman
05-16-2003, 10:20 AM
at a hardware store, it was like $18
TrikeKid
05-16-2003, 08:51 PM
Are they replacements for a bigger tractor or just upgrades? I know im asking alot of stupid questions but i know nothing about doing this but would realy like to.
trikeman
05-19-2003, 10:38 AM
we found a bigger pully that would fit onto the main shaft, it was great until the rod came through the case.
TrikeKid
05-19-2003, 07:21 PM
Ouch! Thanks for the info Trikeman.