Harbor Freight Tools sale

HFT has the 6-1/2 HP horiz. saft motor on sale for $99.99 through Sunday. That is what I am using in a 3-speed and it is a great engine. Starts 1st pull and very stable. Low oil shutdown as well and governor if you want cruise control. Mine runs about 50 and low gear is stump-puller.

I would do the same again. I machined a hub that has the same ID as the brake OD and sawed it in half lengthwise. Then milled 4 recesses to run 10x32 socket heads to clamp it on the brake hub. Then 3 hollow pegs sitting in milled recesses with bolts threaded into the hub that extend to the sprocket through the spokes, which in my case are 0.10 diam. in a Worksman industrial bicycle rear wheel. The completed unit weighed 11-1/2 lbs with nippled spoke holes. YOU WON'T BREAK ONE. About $66 as I remember. That is a GOOD engine. The 1st one I bought was a Jiang Dong from a Truckload Tool Sale and was the same as the Predator except only 5-1/2 HP with a fuel Ga. in the tank. They both start 1st pull on full choke, have a governor, (can you say, Cruise Control?)and low oil shutdown. With the governor at 3100 the little one ran 41 uphill,42 flat, 43 downhill. When I mounted a straight exhaust and Lambretta carb. it got downright interesting. The new one has the pipe, but stock carb. and runs in the 50's. With the 3-speed it is stump-puller in low.