somebody wrote me a message a while back on the old forum that had any Mc available for sale. Can't remember his name but he was offering any single carb motor for 500 double was a little more. Never got into details since I found a nice mc91 on ebay. looking for something for my 61 Scorpion. a 10 or 20 would be preferred but a 6 would work. I would even consider a homelite, PP or WB (rh).    

a homelite 100 LH would be nice but expect it would be too pricey.

what a horror about the old site but this new one will be nice, too

The 2017 Cuddeback Flyer has been posted under the 2017 Events TAB(www.VKAkarting.com) but not here 'cause the site won't accept ... too large.

Does anyone have a phone number for Sam Bennett?    Thx

This is the modification that is done on the 820/610 for High RPM use. It requires grinding the needle bearing down in the rod eye and using hardened thrust washers next to the rod/bearing and then using spacers made of 7075 aluminum to set the clearance of side movement. Not easy to do. There are several people that do this. I do my own but Dave Bonbright and Terry Ives does this for customers. 

   
Hi I am selling my 1962 NOS McCulloch Mc2 bushing engine.
Very nice condition, nice original paint, never been run, still has inspection tag attached.

Looking to get $750

Anybody interested before it goes on eBay?
Let me know,
Scott

theres always a question or two about flywheels for mcculloch.
simplest answer is most of the flywheels both saw and kart will fit most of the motors.
fit doesn't mean work but often they will work even if wrong .
the engine will run just not as well as the engine could run with the correct parts.
The 5 key will face up exactly at the arrow by the magnets, the 'standard' faces slightly off to the left.
You can get over 30 degrees timing with the 5, but either flywheel will get you 26 degrees, which is all you usually want to run anyway.

so identifying which flywheel you have is a useful skill.
this thread is about what you can do to identify the flywheel.
please feel free to post your own methods but if the admin decides the info is wrong it will be deleted.

heres a nicely built jig to determine if you have a 0 or 5 degree flywheel.



               

here is a quote i think goes with these pix. i'll be danged if i remember who wrote it but it's a quote from somebody
"The reference lines on the fixture are established by checking bunches of standard and 5 degree flywheels. You can find small variations from the "norm" for both types but if you go through enough of them then the correct reference line placement becomes obvious based on the sampling. You'll see in the photos that the reference line for each type is the leading edge of the trailing magnet. I chose the leading edge of the trailing magnet as the reference point because it is the critical dimension for determining when the spark will occur if the points are taken out of the system as occurs with Maverick Spark.
There are no "2 degree" flywheels, only standard and 5 degree. The "2" you see on some flywheels does not relate to the magnet position. The magnet position on a Mc10 flywheel is about negative 5 degrees based on the fixture positions. Remember that the flywheel is not the whole story, the key slot position in the crankshaft is an equally important factor in determining the relative position of the magnets to the rod journal on the crank.
Regarding ba1ance, the flywheels are balanced separate from the engines. I've checked plenty of the them and it's rare to find one that is perfect. The older versions are less consistent than the newer version. On the older style flywheels the heavy spot can be anywhere and on the newer style the heavy spot is always in the same place, it lines up with the counter weights on the crank. The amount of error tends to be very small on the newer flywheels compared to the error found on the old version.

One week until the Riverside Adams Raceway VKA event !

Here is a link to a 2008 Hot Rod article about vintage karting. Make sure you click and see the additional photo gallery:

http://www.hotrod.com/articles/0806rc-go...f-america/

I just got a nice phone call from Mike G. at Rex Marine. The result is that there's a new black-rim 12" wheel on the way for the Photon. I appreciate Mike calling and setting the transaction up. Ted

I would have never guessed that I would see one of these:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Komet-Rotary-Val...Ei&vxp=mtr
Seeing as how I happen to like foreign / IAME stuff I think it is pretty cool.

are the mcculloch inner shrouds the same for a 49 and a 91 series?