Im actually making progress again.

Chris Bridges · 09-20-2014, 09:16 PM

My boy and I finally got the Yamaha torn down and cleaned up, going to be fixing the rusted frame and welding up a motor mount plate...should at least have it drivable by Sunday evening. Had to borrow my brother's pressure washer...that thing was a mess inside.

turn-n-burn · 09-23-2014, 08:36 AM

Looks great. What are your plans?

PAPABEAR1 · 09-23-2014, 02:58 PM

Got you a good little helper there......miss my boys being that young . Oh well now there 245 pds and paying there own bills . LIKE the old chevy truck , what year 69-70 ?

Chris Bridges · 09-23-2014, 03:38 PM

We are doing the big block swap. Predator 440 and with the clutch i bought from Vegas performance. That Chevy in the background is a '67 step side with straight 6 and three speed column shift.

Got stalled out after teardown, had some illness in the family for a couple days....been dealing with that. Now I'm just trying to find a piece of metal plate to cut a motor mount from. Then I need to run an exhaust out the back. After that, just gonna drive it till the wheels fall off.

geoffw · 09-23-2014, 11:42 PM

Looking Gooood!

Chris Bridges · 09-26-2014, 10:55 PM

Well, the engine is installed. Built a rediculous motor plate from a hunk of steel plate and some odds and ends from my scrap heap. As the pictures will show, just because you own a plasma cutter and a nice mig in no way means your very good with them. The super fine cut line on the plasma just means that every wiggle and shake my hand made gets translated to the steel to last forever as a monument to my lack of skills lol. Nearly ran myself over, and actually did run over my kayak and canoe, when I underestimated exactly how much torque that thing had when I fired it up. I must have had the belt a little too tight and it bolted on me like a scared horse, straight into my boats as soon as it lit off. Glad my son was in the shop at the time. He thought it was hilarious. I still haven't gotten the throttle hooked up to the pedal yet..too much family stuff to ever finish ANYTHING in one day. This thing is going to be fun though. Oh, by the way, look what I found at the scrap yard. How cool is that?

93yellowclubcar · 09-27-2014, 08:16 AM

Cart is looking good!!

I see you also drive a Trailblazer, I like your choices in vehicles.

smokindawg · 09-27-2014, 09:29 AM

looking good. I love the helper as well.

I also feel your pain with the plasma cutter. It does a great job but not the prettiest in unskilled hands. But I got my engine mounted and the cart running anyway.

The only thing I see that I'd change is to take the stock fuel tank off and install the stock cart tank back on the cart with the fuel pump.

Other than that, it's looking great.

sho305 · 09-27-2014, 02:10 PM

You should pipe the exhaust out somehow too. Lot of people cheat with plasma and run the gun down a guide to make nicer lines. Spray some bedliner stuff on it lol. Great looking project, no doubt I hear you no time to work on mine either.

Chris Bridges · 09-28-2014, 08:38 PM

Smoking dog, I plan on using the cart tank. I ordered the impulse adapter from Vegas carts for my carb to use the fuel pump from the cart. Which means it'll sit here unfinished for the next two weeks because the adapter will get delivered while I'm gone for work out of state.

I do wonder how everyone else is running their throttle cable to the new engine. The stock cable only moves about 3/4 of an inch, not enough to get full throw out of the new engine linkage and hooking straight to the arm for the governor would work but strikes me as a bad idea. Just wondering what everyone else has done.
I could make a bellcrank to change the ratio but that's some work I'm going to have to think about.

By the way, the trailblazer was my wife's choice...I'm not a fan lol. More of a Ford guy, even if I don't currently own one, got two chevys and two Volkswagen beetles lol. A 2012 turbo bug and a 72 , plus my 67 pickup

09-23-2014, 08:36 AM	#2
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09-23-2014, 02:58 PM	#3
PAPABEAR1 Gone Wild Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Aylett, Va. on the Mattaponi. Posts: 1,530	Re: Im actually making progress again. Got you a good little helper there......miss my boys being that young . Oh well now there 245 pds and paying there own bills . LIKE the old chevy truck , what year 69-70 ?

09-23-2014, 03:38 PM	#4
Chris Bridges Not Yet Wild Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Bristol Florida Posts: 61	Re: Im actually making progress again. We are doing the big block swap. Predator 440 and with the clutch i bought from Vegas performance. That Chevy in the background is a '67 step side with straight 6 and three speed column shift. Got stalled out after teardown, had some illness in the family for a couple days....been dealing with that. Now I'm just trying to find a piece of metal plate to cut a motor mount from. Then I need to run an exhaust out the back. After that, just gonna drive it till the wheels fall off.

09-23-2014, 11:42 PM	#5
geoffw Gone Wild Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 961	Re: Im actually making progress again. Looking Gooood!

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09-27-2014, 09:29 AM	#8
smokindawg Gone Wild Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Missouri Posts: 2,755	Re: Im actually making progress again. looking good. I love the helper as well. I also feel your pain with the plasma cutter. It does a great job but not the prettiest in unskilled hands. But I got my engine mounted and the cart running anyway. The only thing I see that I'd change is to take the stock fuel tank off and install the stock cart tank back on the cart with the fuel pump. Other than that, it's looking great.

09-27-2014, 02:10 PM	#9
sho305 Vegas modded 420 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: West MI Posts: 15,443	Re: Im actually making progress again. You should pipe the exhaust out somehow too. Lot of people cheat with plasma and run the gun down a guide to make nicer lines. Spray some bedliner stuff on it lol. Great looking project, no doubt I hear you no time to work on mine either.

09-28-2014, 08:38 PM	#10
Chris Bridges Not Yet Wild Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Bristol Florida Posts: 61	Re: Im actually making progress again. Smoking dog, I plan on using the cart tank. I ordered the impulse adapter from Vegas carts for my carb to use the fuel pump from the cart. Which means it'll sit here unfinished for the next two weeks because the adapter will get delivered while I'm gone for work out of state. I do wonder how everyone else is running their throttle cable to the new engine. The stock cable only moves about 3/4 of an inch, not enough to get full throw out of the new engine linkage and hooking straight to the arm for the governor would work but strikes me as a bad idea. Just wondering what everyone else has done. I could make a bellcrank to change the ratio but that's some work I'm going to have to think about. By the way, the trailblazer was my wife's choice...I'm not a fan lol. More of a Ford guy, even if I don't currently own one, got two chevys and two Volkswagen beetles lol. A 2012 turbo bug and a 72 , plus my 67 pickup

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