Nitrous

[Sam the Mut]

so at the pub tonight a me and a few mates have come up with a mega secret idea! I will post results on youtube. Ok I need a sit on lawn mover to travel about 400 yards as fast as possible, and I think Nitrous would be the best option. so how do i got about this? We have a very small budget and

I will research more when sober.

[u05je7]

Yes, I would advise you review the concept while sober as well.

With a top speed of never more than 10mph, you can reach it it 20 yards easily. Nitrous won't increase the speed.

As for gearing, well most of them are a belt drive with progressive levels of slip for the "gears" if I remember correctly on our old one. A surge of power from the nitrous will really just cause more slip and not really accelerate you any more.

Whether the majority of the V twins powering them could cope with the nitrous I'm not sure. I know of Harleys that have had nitrous so possibly

Equally, the lawnmower racing things do silly speeds, so work out how they sort the transmission and there may be scope.

[Sam the Mut]

fking hell! I not only chat about stupid things when pissed but write them to.

[badlands1]

[jagnet]

u05je7 said:

Equally, the lawnmower racing things do silly speeds, so work out how they sort the transmission and there may be scope.

The group 3 sit on mowers can reach 50mph. If you're still intent on this having sobered up then it'd be worth going to a BLMRA meeting and asking some questions.

I've only ever been involved in the Group 2 ride behind mower that my brother races, so I'm not sure exactly what the Group 3 and 4 mowers do in terms of modifications. Suffice to say, nitrous isn't the answer.

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