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by REAR
Sat Feb 11, 2017 7:51 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Mac 101
Replies: 16
Views: 14859

Re: Mac 101

Brian, The original 'TECH' article along with many others that Ted mentioned was a feature we offered before we experienced a web crash. Perhaps its time for a new article on this conversion. Ted's instructions on what you need to do are exact and very simple to follow. The 5/16" by 1/4" bushings as...
by REAR
Wed Feb 08, 2017 5:50 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Mac 101
Replies: 16
Views: 14859

Re: Mac 101

Brian, A HR-181 seems to work real well on a 101 even with the stock manifold and reed cage converted for Tillotson use and this seems to be a very popular single carb set-up. Call the folks at E.C from the above link and tell them what your doing and ask them what they recommend. Perhaps others can...
by REAR
Tue Feb 07, 2017 5:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Mac 101
Replies: 16
Views: 14859

Re: Mac 101

Look at what these folks have to offer. https://eccarburetors.com/estore/carburetors/tillotson-carburetors/hl-tillotson-carburetors-parts/tillotson-hl-348e-carb-parts Never ran dual carbs on gas but if you go the alky route the HL-348 series work real well in a dual configuration. The HR 181 single ...
by REAR
Mon Feb 06, 2017 5:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Mac 101
Replies: 16
Views: 14859

Re: Mac 101

Keep in mind what you plan to do with your engine. Seen plenty of good running motors with a 1" single tilloston also.

R.E.A.R.
by REAR
Fri Jan 27, 2017 7:14 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: SteenC History
Replies: 3
Views: 4816

Re: SteenC History

Kevin, Great story, Thanks for sharing the article. If any body has more of these types of history lessons, please feel free to post them. Have read other articles where Go-Kart went into bankruptcy and Fox was able to use or acquired the Go-Kart name free of charge. Guess we'll never know for sure....
by REAR
Fri Jan 27, 2017 7:10 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: R.E.A.R. at O.V.K.C. Swap meet
Replies: 5
Views: 6749

Re: R.E.A.R. at O.V.K.C. Swap meet

Bob,

Saturday only.

Heres a link for some more info.

http://www.ovka.com/swap_meet.php

Hope to see you there.

R.E.A.R.
by REAR
Tue Jan 24, 2017 6:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Not a kart but its REAR engined and American
Replies: 6
Views: 7126

Not a kart but its REAR engined and American

Great article from America's racing past.

http://www.roadandtrack.com/motorsports ... j-history/

Enjoy...R.E.A.R.
by REAR
Mon Jan 23, 2017 6:47 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: R.E.A.R. at O.V.K.C. Swap meet
Replies: 5
Views: 6749

R.E.A.R. at O.V.K.C. Swap meet

Rear Engine American Racers will be set up at the O.V.K.C. swap-meet the weekend of Feb. 4th. at the Roberts Center in Wilmington Ohio. This is one of the biggest swap meets in the country and you never know who or what might show up so head on down and stop by the R.E.A.R. booth and check out our d...
by REAR
Fri Jan 06, 2017 8:47 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Kurtis Kart Return
Replies: 8
Views: 10392

Kurtis Kart Return

At the 2015 running of THE BIG ONE a very unique kart showed up that was built by Indy car builder Frank Kurtis and it ended up in the hands of Wisconsin's Brian Sheridan who proceeded to do a killer restoration on the kart featuring a Terry Sullivan built Clinton engine. The finished results of Bri...
by REAR
Sun Jan 01, 2017 10:57 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: THE BIG ONE 2017
Replies: 3
Views: 5316

THE BIG ONE 2017

Mark your calenders now and start making your plans early to attend the 16th annual running of THE BIG ONE. This years event will again be held on Labor Day weekend Saturday Sept. 2nd. and Sunday Sept. 3rd. 2017 Keep you eyes on this site for complete info on THE BIG ONE plus all the info for the on...