Go-kart rear end on a riding lawn mower

This next Idea is something I have not tried yet but would love to!

I have not worked out all of the details for this one yet, but it would involve putting a Go-kart axle under a riding lawn mower replacing the transaxle.To do this I would have to run a horizontal shaft motor or come up with a way to make a chain go from vertical to horizontal.

I will be posting some designs on this in the near future and would love to see yours to.If you have any ideas or questions e-mail me at jac4588@yahoo.com

How to make your riding mower posi-traction

This task is a little more difficult than changing pulley's around,but could be worth the effort.

this can best be described and demonstrated with a diagram/drawing so here you go.

What you want to do is to weld the differentials together so that the drive gear turns the whole axle in one direction.The way you do this is to clean the differentials really well and weld where one differential meets another.until all four are welded to two other differentials.

Then put your rear end back together and drive that sucker!

Getting more speed from your mower.

              This is a fairly simple task when you break the idea down to its bare bones.There is a pulley on the engine drive shaft and a pulley on the transaxle.If you increase the diameter of the pulley on the engine or decrease the size of the pulley on the transaxle you would increase speed.

as you can see in this crudely drawn picture,the larger engine pully coupled with a smaller rear end pully will get you to higher speeds.Unfortunately this will only work to a certain extent.If you use too large of a pulley on the engine and to small of a pulley on the rear end,then the engine will lose torque and could cause you to have to be pushed to even move out of your tracks.

There is a balance to be found with this project,acheiving higher speeds without losing too much torque or ruining the gears in your rear end.I come from the school of thought "use what you got" so just tinker with it.if you don't get the results you want,trade around for more parts or if necessary buy the part you need ( I never have a problem trading for parts)