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kyle moody
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engine find

Post by kyle moody » Sat Jun 13, 2009 7:15 am

I was at the goodguys swap meet on friday I came across this cool little engine . I tried to start it up 2nd pull she fired right up and this thing sounds evil can any one tell me what it is and if can I put it on a vintage kart ? I did see on the carb tillston
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Re: engine find

Post by kyle moody » Sat Jun 13, 2009 7:20 am

heres a pic. of the carb
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ted johnson
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Re: engine find

Post by ted johnson » Sat Jun 13, 2009 10:37 am

Looks like an AH-51 Power Products; could be a late AH-47. They were used on lots of low cost chainsaws. 5.1 cubic inches, cross-scavenged. Not much power there, enough for the kids to putt around with. It's a good, reliable little engine, but that's all. Ted

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Re: engine find

Post by kyle moody » Sun Jun 14, 2009 5:36 pm

are you guys sure that this is ah51 is there a number or tag to tell what it is for sure

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Re: engine find

Post by Chris Vary » Sun Jun 14, 2009 6:37 pm

I have one just like that. It is an Power Products AH 47.

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Re: engine find

Post by ted johnson » Sun Jun 14, 2009 6:47 pm

As I said before: some of the later AH-47's used these air shrouds, but the vast majority of these shrouds came on AH-51's. Both cross-scavenged, both low power. You can tell it's cross-scavenged by the fact that there are no port transfer passages on each side of the lower cylinder. 2 1/2 to 3 H.P. not a bad mini bike mill. TJ

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Re: engine find

Post by louie figone » Sun Jun 14, 2009 8:47 pm

The AH47 and the AH51 have the same bore, 2.000, the stroke on the 47 is 1.500 and the 51 is 1.625, being the plug is in the middle of the head you could check the stroke with a depth mike or calipier.

Louie

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