jimhigh66 wrote:
Has anyone converted a 4-cycle weed trimmer to a "mud motor" ( I know its
been done a number of times with 2-cycles. )? Menards has a 27 CC 4-cycle
trimmer on sale and the Adv. claims "...more torque and power than a
2-cycle..." Jim H.

Jim, I'm leary of that claim. I have a 4 cycle weedeater,a nd it IS
heavier than a two stroke, it doesn't rev as fast, and it does have a
psuedo-crank case for oil, so the engine would pretty well have to be
in an upright position. 2 cycles you can run upside down . I can't
verify the claims as mor hp. and torque, though. I like running the
two cycle better simply out of weight.


I've thought of makeing one myself, Why? I don't know.....

Tim wrote:

jimhigh66 wrote:

Has anyone converted a 4-cycle weed trimmer to a "mud motor" ( I know its
been done a number of times with 2-cycles. )? Menards has a 27 CC 4-cycle
trimmer on sale and the Adv. claims "...more torque and power than a
2-cycle..." Jim H.


Jim, I'm leary of that claim. I have a 4 cycle weedeater,a nd it IS
heavier than a two stroke, it doesn't rev as fast, and it does have a
psuedo-crank case for oil, so the engine would pretty well have to be
in an upright position. 2 cycles you can run upside down . I can't
verify the claims as mor hp. and torque, though. I like running the
two cycle better simply out of weight.


I've thought of makeing one myself, Why? I don't know.....

Anybody comes up with something actually useful, be sure and post it.
Google brings up nothing but wild speculation.

DT

On Apr 4, 11:35 am, dt wrote:
Tim wrote:
jimhigh66 wrote:

Has anyone converted a 4-cycle weed trimmer to a "mud motor" ( I know its
been done a number of times with 2-cycles. )? Menards has a 27 CC 4-cycle
trimmer on sale and the Adv. claims "...more torque and power than a
2-cycle..." Jim H.

Jim, I'm leary of that claim. I have a 4 cycle weedeater,a nd it IS
heavier than a two stroke, it doesn't rev as fast, and it does have a
psuedo-crank case for oil, so the engine would pretty well have to be
in an upright position. 2 cycles you can run upside down . I can't
verify the claims as mor hp. and torque, though. I like running the
two cycle better simply out of weight.

I've thought of makeing one myself, Why? I don't know.....

Anybody comes up with something actually useful, be sure and post it.
Google brings up nothing but wild speculation.

DT- Hide quoted text -

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Been there, tried that :-) The weedwacker had way too high an rpm at
the end of the shaft. Once you have to start messing around with gear
ratios the cost savings is gone. I took the trolling prop off and
stuck the string spool back on and sold it on our local used stuff for
sale site for the 25 bucks I paid for it.

jamesgangnc wrote:
On Apr 4, 11:35 am, dt wrote:

Been there, tried that :-) The weedwacker had way too high an rpm at
the end of the shaft. Once you have to start messing around with gear
ratios the cost savings is gone. I took the trolling prop off and
stuck the string spool back on and sold it on our local used stuff for
sale site for the 25 bucks I paid for it.

Makes sense to me. I would think it would be kind of neat if someone
would come up with a "jet" kit for one, though.