Wish my dad was this cool back in the day, lol!
Did Homelite ever make a twin?
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Wish my dad was this cool back in the day, lol!
We couldn`t afford to use two good chainsaws to power a cart. Instead we built this type of buggy from free scrap pipe and abandoned rusted out VW`s. Most wern`t this pretty but you get the idea from the pict,
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Betcha the neighbors were loving that. 
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XL-98 cut off saws... cool!
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In about 1970 a neighbor brought his racing cart home from his farm.
It had 2 big yellow Macs on it. The thing would fly!
Had another one with 2 modified Briggs on it that was quick too.
It had 2 big yellow Macs on it. The thing would fly!
Had another one with 2 modified Briggs on it that was quick too.
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The Mac kart's saw were normally the MC101, 125cc.
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The BP1 is a balanced piston design, it has 2 pistons but only one is for power.
Mcculloch made the BP399 that was the same design as the BP1
but a two cylinder engine designed for snowmobiles but never
made it into production. A few were made and Mark Heimann
has two of them.
Lee
but a two cylinder engine designed for snowmobiles but never
made it into production. A few were made and Mark Heimann
has two of them.
Lee
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well of course that got me curious.
Got some nice pics here even.
http://macbobaust.com/engines.html
edit: Has anyone tried to build a counterbalanced motor, but based on this pumping action?
lol, Anyone got spare Echo evl610 sitting around to carve on?
Homelite did make a twin cylinder industrial application engine early on that was used in generators and water pumps.
Marshall Trover built a custom two-man, twin cylinder saw with one of those engines. It's about the coolest saw on the planet.
Marshall Trover built a custom two-man, twin cylinder saw with one of those engines. It's about the coolest saw on the planet.
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Not a Homelite.....but....
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Mastermind "Randy" was doing a build a few years ago on a
Echo 610 but not sure if it ever got done. Thread went on for
ever and i gave up reading all the BS in it.
Lee
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Yeah it got done.
Never was real impressive though.
Never was real impressive though.
We just built the go kart out of wood and used a 2 cycle lawn mower engine turned on it's side. Direct drive pulley to one wheel, no brakes, steer with your feet. It was fun! (Until my friends Father discovered he no longer had a lawnmower)! We would push each other to get it started, shut the engine down to stop.
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Use a Sachs Wankel to build one of them karts gentlemen. Got your horizontal shaft built in.
