[Complete] Mightyraze's Kal-El [2018 Build-Off Entry]

I have a few updates for after dinner! Stay tuned.

I'm all ears! Or eyes....lol

Did a little work on the tractor today as we were suppose to have storms that never happened.

Measured my cutouts needed for the grille and cut them out and temp mounted to the frame.





Feeling good enough to go ahead and button down the engine.  I still need to sand and paint the other head tins.  Also need to find out what size screw the little ones at the bottom are.




EDIT: Yes the tread is backwards on the front left.  I put the rim on backwards.  LOL.

Lookin good for sure. You didn't have to chop off nearly as much as I did have to on the lt130 thankfully eh? IDK if its just the way the picture is taken but the wheel base seems pretty close together. Usually I like mine a little wider but I guess it's just personal preference.

I've actually pushed the front axle out 2 inches.  Its those large fronts.  Ask @Crazy_Carl about them.  They are pretty big!

Carl's Ride...


Mine...



I am also planning using some 2 inch spacers on the rear. It will help those monster rear tires fit better.

Oh yeah! This is good progress. I think leveling out the chassis is a good idea.

LOL maybe not 2" up, but more on the lines of 2" out.    I was actually going for a nose up design.  With the nose together I can start building my front bumper, getting ideas and see where it takes me.

I really like Kal-El! Looks nice, powerful Engine, good Transaxle, everything looks really nice and well-built.

Of course I have to ask, for me and allis, How much does it flex????? Lol

Honestly not sure. I'll see about some kind of flex when I get it more together. Right now not much other than engine to weigh it down.

Yeah thats a ton of angle, definitely level her out.

If that's a pressure lube oppy I wouldn't worry too much about the chassis being raked back like that. Splash lube motors are more picky about how level the crankcase is to ensure oil gets splashed everywhere it needs to go.

Double W Cross Ranch wrote:

Yeah thats a ton of angle, definitely level her out.

Nah that's nothing to worry about. Red's MTD had way more nose up and he ran a splash lube opposed with the upper cylinder facing rearwards, it never hurt anything. Worst case scenario add a little more oil than called for to make sure it's always being splashed around. I think the nose up makes some rigs look meaner! Haha.

@AllisKidD21 That's a good point. The leaned back stance has been growing on me. Kinda looks like you're doing a wheelie sitting still or something like a lowrider.

I was also going to point out Red's.  LOL  Also another thing to point out.  It isn't that much nose up as the pictures show.  Some reason my phone is starting to fisheye stuff.  

Also, I hope I do more than run it up and down the road!  Hopefully I have it sideways, pointed way up, then down... just hope not upside down.  

Edit: I also need to check tire pressure in those tires. I may still have bead setting pressure on them. LOL

Crazy_Carl wrote:

If that's a pressure lube oppy I wouldn't worry too much about the chassis being raked back like that.  Splash lube motors are more picky about how level the crankcase is to ensure oil gets splashed everywhere it needs to go.

Has anyone ever seen inside a splash lubes oppy? This talk makes it sound like it's just a little spur on the end of the crank. But it's actually a very good setup internally
There's a mechanism that hold two rotating gears with large paddles on them and it connects to the timing gear drive gear on the crankshaft. It sprays oil everywhere and even if there's not much oil it pulls it up from the bottom .

@biggasmowers Well I learned something new today. That sounds like a pretty good splash lube system.

Well that's good! Lol , I love my splash lubed oppys

Dont mean to threadjack here, but here is a picture of the splash lube.
Not the greatest, but still...



I think while its apart, it would be good to upgade the bushings/bearings in them.

It isn't a bad system, but at real low RPMs the upper cylinder and upper crank bearing sometimes don't quite get as much oil as they should.

Like I run low rpms.......... lol thread jacking with two mods on the page

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Just Kidding.... Talk about the engine I feel is relevant to the build.

OH MY GOSH.... I wish I could show you the sheer scale of this thing now.  I was curious and put the body down on the frame.  Wow....

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OK, i'm starting to get really excited again.

man that looks giant!

Wow - it grew! lol
What kind of ground clearance do you have right now?

Dave.MTD wrote:

Wow - it grew! lol
What kind of ground clearance do you have right now?

I was curious too so I already have those measures.

Front Axle - 12 inches
Front Tierod - 10 inches

Bottom of frame - 16 inches

Transaxle - 9.5 inches
Rear Plate - 9 inches