Keizer the Little Cub Cadet 122 is growing up

Yup, an old busted prop off an airplane would do nicely for some meat for a connecting rod.

Hey I just read through pretty much the whole thread. I was thinking about the connecting rod issue. If your really getting a lot more power out of it, do you think pressure lubing it would be a help? It might not be that huge of a thing to drill oil passages in the crank. You don't really even have to feed both mains, just the one side where you pressurize the crank. An easy way might be to use a small chain driven pump externally.

Or, ARC billet rods use a hollow tube in the dipper to force feed oil in as it dips into the oil. Not sure how easy it would be to do something like that without making a whole new rod.

I was just thinking that maybe it's being pounded so hard with the mods that the oil film can't take it. Pressure oiling may solve that.

That would actually be pretty neat to experiment with! I don't think the mains would need any pressure lubricating though, as these Kohlers have a massive ball bearing on either side of the crank as the main bearings. I belive the oil level gets high enough to let them run in oil constantly.

The mains would be ok, but you gotta get oil into the crank somewhere. If there's ball bearings on both sides then I'm not sure exactly how you would be able to get an oil passage to the crank. In theory you could make some sort of collar or something on the front part of the crank that sticks out of the engine (where the ignition timing ring is) and have a passage into the crank there. But I would imagine that would be a nightmare to keep from leaking.

Another not quite as good option might be to just have an oil sprayer that sprays oil onto the crank. That wouldn't be nearly as good as pumping the oil into the rod bearing but it might give a bit more oil than the splash system.

Don't know. You would think the rod would actually be alright even with the modifications. I thought mostly high rpm was what caused oiling issues. 5000rpm max should be ok with a splash system, I think lots of guys do that with karts and stuff. What kind of clearance are you running? On opposed briggs engines they say to have about .003 for good oiling. Maybe running too tight?

Well that's good, maybe it'll work decent that way and you won't have to make any major changes.

Good luck with your next event, keep us posted!

Yes. Definitely keep us posted on that event. I'll bet Keizer tears them mud boggers a new one!

Seems to be a pretty decent combination all around. Fairly maneuverable too.

The way I'd describe Keizer... 'A wolf in sheeps clothing'.

How'd the cub cadet boys make out at the Beaverton event? Hopefully all went well.

Quite a few machines turned up to that event. Sounds like things didn't go too bad.

Do you think the transmission jumping out of gear is something due to wear and can be fixed inside?
Or just more of a design thing? I know the old dirt race cars used to have a thing to hook the shifter in high gear. That might be ok for something like the mud run if you didn't have to shift, but something like the TTC would be a pain since you sometimes need to change gears. Unless you made some sort of spring loaded hook setup that the shifter kinda snaps into, just to give it some extra holding power.

Yeah the pullers using built up Cubs all have shifter lockouts to prevent them from popping out of gear under heavy load, but as mr.mod mentioned it might be an inconvenience if you need to change gears. Could be beneficial for some situations though.

Nice runs by the way! I saw the videos on YouTube.

Moving along pretty good in that video.

Keizer was close to topped out until I ran lead. Trail riding on a tractor is so much fun from making trails to fast paced.

Big News today, Keizer's application for a titled ATV has been accepted. Title will be mailed as soon as the state completes there search. 2-4 weeks.

Kiezer has a trailer now.  Just a little something something.

Nice action shots and congrats on the title deal going through. That's great!

The title only went through because cub cadet is in the database.  Tried sears and that was not very pretty.

Front axle spindle and bearing up date and a few tech tips in clip below.

Regards,
Mister Studabaker

Hung out with @creepycrawler this past weekend and a few other drivers as well.  Like the top four TTC contenders and few others for an all out assault on his trails.  Good times where had by all and everyone was super helpful.  Donnie should me how to do a proper fix to Keizers bent tie bar during lunch break.  Was able to take a few videos in as well.

Best Regards,
Mister Studabaker

Nice video. Looks like the dog enjoyed walking around too. Guess the engine has been holding up good now and no more rod issues or anything? Sounds good.

Cool vid. Awesome how the dog was with you all.

Be sure to check out all 3 of @Mister_Studabaker's videos!  @redzz02 has one up too!  @Crazy_Carl laid his tractor over in that one.

@Mister_Studabaker Have you thought about a boosted modification like turbo charging it? I know your always up for new test and mods.