Hi all, this thread will be the building of the Old Milwaukee Express, racing lawnmower (AKA Go-kart).
This first post will be on the fabrication of, two into one headers for the B&S Vanguard engine.
The pictures shown here are of an earlier racer that Mark built.
Mark is the driver of this machine, and he got into a bad wreck with it in 2009 which destroyed it,
and was not to good on Mark either (2 cracked ribs).
In the winter of 2010 we decided to build a whole new racer from scratch, using some of the parts from the old one like these headers and the engine.
Here is Mark sawing out the flanges which bolt to the exhaust ports.
2 into 1 collector ready for welding onto the head pipes.
Template for the megaphone.
Megaphone
This is Duane, our engine tuner running some TIG welds.
Eat your heart out Vance & Hines..
I put a piece of category 5 net cable down each pipe to check for length.
They are within 3/16" of being the exact same length, close enough...
Post #2 will be on the building of the new chassis which will incorporate these
headers shown above.
This first post will be on the fabrication of, two into one headers for the B&S Vanguard engine.
The pictures shown here are of an earlier racer that Mark built.
Mark is the driver of this machine, and he got into a bad wreck with it in 2009 which destroyed it,
and was not to good on Mark either (2 cracked ribs).
In the winter of 2010 we decided to build a whole new racer from scratch, using some of the parts from the old one like these headers and the engine.
Here is Mark sawing out the flanges which bolt to the exhaust ports.
2 into 1 collector ready for welding onto the head pipes.
Template for the megaphone.
Megaphone
This is Duane, our engine tuner running some TIG welds.
Eat your heart out Vance & Hines..
I put a piece of category 5 net cable down each pipe to check for length.
They are within 3/16" of being the exact same length, close enough...
Post #2 will be on the building of the new chassis which will incorporate these
headers shown above.


