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Re: Bobby Cleveland Video
« Reply #15 on: July 03, 2007, 10:30:38 pm »
OK guys I don't want to reveal to much, but in a few months there will be an official land speed record set by a lawn mower. It will be recorded as a lawn mower land speed record and it will be open to anyone to try and beat. We already have approval to run a lawn mower, and it will not be at the salt flats. I can tell by George's post that he wanted to say something about this, but he didn't. Thank you George. I know how much you want to go, but hey we'll set the mark and you go brake it. How's that sound.

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Re: Bobby Cleveland Video
« Reply #16 on: July 04, 2007, 11:55:29 am »
I misread the thread, watched the video expecting to see a 100 mph, LOL! Pretty arrogant to call it a record, esp when George beat the pants off of that. About octane booster, I found and use this in my vanguard

http://www.kemcooil.com/product_info.php?pId=61

works great, has TETRAETHYL LEAD, what they used to make octane in the good ole days


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Re: Bobby Cleveland Video
« Reply #17 on: July 04, 2007, 04:47:06 pm »
Well said George his is not official,but we are going to the Texas Mile and ours will be official.We have already ran over 100 and was clocked by radar,but not the same as having it documented.I'm not taking anything from Bobby I think he did a good job.I will be running a 5 hp Huffy running ARMA Pro-X rules or as some of you may call it FX.The Huffy came with a 5 hp Briggs thats why I stayed with it,and no it's not a gokart engine the 5 hp horizonal shaft engines came on the reel type walk behind mowers.Some of you younger guys may not remember them. LOL  ;)
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Re: Bobby Cleveland Video
« Reply #18 on: July 04, 2007, 06:20:33 pm »
Well Hitchiker I didn't want to give to many details about the Texas Mile. I was leaving that up to you. PS. you are running PRO-X not MOD-X. LOL.

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Re: Bobby Cleveland Video
« Reply #19 on: July 04, 2007, 06:42:09 pm »
How bout stock-x LOL LOL  :bash:
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Re: Bobby Cleveland Video
« Reply #20 on: July 04, 2007, 07:26:34 pm »
If your going to run at the texas mile, you should call the same media that bobby had.

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Re: Bobby Cleveland Video
« Reply #21 on: July 10, 2007, 05:22:05 pm »
When you go there they have there own crew,thats part of what you pay for.And you can bet it's done with high tech stuff.To hold a record of any kind it must be where it can be challenged by others.The salt flats from what my attorney has found out that will never happen,so theres no record as of now.I want to be challenged that gives me something to work towards.I have run speeds of 88 on a gokart track and 117 at our local air strip all certified by radar but no they want allow this anymore so that means off to the Texas Mile.Oh yea this was done on 1972 Huffy 5 hp engine torque converter drive.FX legal mower.Yea there v-twins out there that will run that or maybe more but will they handle at those speeds.Lots of changes to run sraight instead of left turns,30 plus years of drag racing and working with my JR dragster guys helps.It's very dangerous at those speeds I've been there thats why I have a driver now.We've been in wind tunnell with scales under our tires to see what little body movement does.I can't begin to explain that to you.I've been building engines since 1969,gokarts,bikes,JR dragsters and drag cars.I'm at retirement age now and thats one of my goals the land speed record along with over seeing my kart and mower shop.
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Re: Bobby Cleveland Video
« Reply #22 on: July 10, 2007, 06:56:20 pm »
Sounds like you have quite a operration there going Hitchhiker.
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Re: Bobby Cleveland Video
« Reply #23 on: July 10, 2007, 08:19:43 pm »
Wife says it's stupidity I call it determination.  :bash:
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Re: Bobby Cleveland Video
« Reply #24 on: July 11, 2007, 01:47:58 pm »
Hitchhiker, can you dyno bottom shaft motors or just side shaft for karts?

Thanks
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Re: Bobby Cleveland Video
« Reply #25 on: July 11, 2007, 05:51:20 pm »
I can do both.
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Re: Bobby Cleveland Video
« Reply #26 on: July 11, 2007, 08:46:03 pm »
Okay thanks here in the next few weeks I am going to be in atlanta Georgia and will have to swing by your place before I leave to get my motor dyno'd
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Re: Bobby Cleveland Video
« Reply #27 on: July 12, 2007, 09:26:12 pm »
He is about an hour to hour and a half south of Atlanta. Take I-75 south to exit 149 Byron, GA. Turn right go to first red light (Main st.) turn right. Big Boyz Performance is on the left next to the rail road tracks.

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Re: Bobby Cleveland Video
« Reply #28 on: August 08, 2009, 11:23:51 pm »
Nope.

I've been in touch with quite a few people out there and none of them will let me.

Tried a few other places also... no luck.

Any new news on this?

I have been emailing and calling Pikes peak for oh...like 5 years now to get them to let me run my mower there...almost had them telling them it was a 4wheeler, but they caught on.
Just got back from speed week (weekender trip)
I Got salt fever!
Bubs and the ama speed trials s coming up in a week or two, gonna treck ou tther over memorial weekend too!
Oh come on man. You got no lady fingers, fuzz buttles, snicker bombs, church burners, finger blasters, gut busters, zippity do das, or crap flappers?
No, I don't.
You're gonna stand there, owning a fireworks stand, and tell me you don't have no whistling bungholes, no spleen spliters, whisker biscuits, honkey lighters, hoosker doos, hoosker donts, cherry bombs, nipsy daisers, with or without the scooter stick, or one single whistling kitty chaser?