How to double the horsepower in a Honda Insight

"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa) 08/04/2020 at 09:56 • Filed to: None

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While mowing last Friday I went into a corner of the lawn I usually do not venture into and found a metal spike embedded in the ground with the mower blade. The little OHV 132 cc Briggs ceased movement instantly and now it has no compression and makes a fun grinding noise when I spin it.

Needing to mow my lawn my friend told me he has a mower engine for me. turns out it was a whole mower, this self-propelled Craftsman that had sat outside long enough the deck, handle, axles, etc. were all rusted to pieces but the engine was (theoretically) good.

So in the coming days I’ll be swapping the 190cc monster out of the rusty pile of garbage and sticking it on my little base-model walmart Craftsman to replace the 132cc. Should help with chopping through the absurdly dense clover patches in my lawn, especially since I’m now... roughly a week overdue for a mow.

CalzoneGolem > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 08/04/2020 at 10:04

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You going to tear down the old motor for lulz?

TheRealBicycleBuck > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 08/04/2020 at 10:18

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I have the opposite problem. The body on my little push mower finally rusted through (this is a first for me) but the engine still starts on the first or second pull. I need to source a body to go with my engine.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > CalzoneGolem 08/04/2020 at 10:34

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For sure. Probably rebuild it and keep it around.

For Sweden > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 08/04/2020 at 10:46

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Brickman > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 08/04/2020 at 12:03

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I bet the camshaft teeth stripped. Most use a plastic gear now :\

Tapas > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 08/04/2020 at 12:10

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Put it on a bicycle and make a home made motorcycle?