Project Frankenstein Racemower

Here is a picture of the race mower and my new mud mower project as they currently look. Tell me what you think of them and I'm open to ideas if you got some.  

Nice! Is that a repainted Snapper lt? Dig the stack and rear tires.

Yes it is. I'ts a 1986 snapper Lt16.

Sweet! Got to get me one of those sometime! What transaxle does it have?

I didn't see it already mentioned, but if you're wanting to go any faster, some major steering / front end upgrades are going to be needed.  

Your tie rods should be updated, as they will be the cause of most slop, and will be the most likely part to fail at speed.

The high camber / zero caster front end is fine for mowing but will get squirrelly as heck around 20+ mph... There are threads on here somewhere about steering geometry.  Fixing this takes effort and / or money, but not more than your hide is worth

All in all, you do have a nice start!  Keep up the good work!

The rear end is almost exactly like a rear engine snapper except its has a drive shaft that comes from the front on mine instead of one that comes straight down like a rear engine snapper. And the only problem I have with the race mower is the belt layout which I think I might have finally figured out, I'm probably just gonna run it directly from the engine to the trans-axle , no clutch because when I had a clutch I never used it any way because it doesn't jerk very much at all and if I tried to use the clutch the belt would usually come off no matter how many retainers or tensioners I had.

Ah right, didn't realise they had the variable disc drive.

How hard would it be to run a clutch and chain from my engine to my transaxle, would having it upside down like that make it easier for it to fall off?

What do you guys think about me using the racing mower body to replace the plastics on a fourwheeler?

Good thinking on the racer's back tires on shaving the turf savers. Now you got a good paddle wheel for mud racing. like the big rear bumper sticker too.

What is the seat on the racer off of? It looks really cool.

The seat is out of my old s10, it was one of the rear seats that folded out

Oh, that makes sense. Looks pretty cool!