Coulsea---When you're right, you're right!!! The more I looked at it the uglier it looked. I haven't built anything on the head yet, so I was able to go in and change it---carb comes straight out the side now. I left that big air horn that was on the front of the carburetor off too.---Thank you.
Hi Brian,
Just a thought from someone very new to this,,,
My first reaction is running the fan off the large part of the flywheel just looks off, to me of course.
What about running it off a slightly smaller step down channel or groove just in the inside of the flywheel,,,
The reasons I’m thinking why,,,,
A small ”groove” on the inside of the flywheel puts the belt off the surface face of the flywheel and gives a better look of symmetry. (I’m a big believer of symmetry when it can be done.) And having it slightly smaller on the inside it won’t reduce your fan speed all that much, and with the groove, would it help keep the belt running true??
You won’t have to worry about belt wonder and adjustment screws like you do with belt grinders and keeping the sanding belts running true.
And the fan looks to be supported only from the one side, and the bracket just looks “off”, to me of course. What if the fan was supported from the bottom with a small pedestal on both sides and a split bearing and top cap. And either leave the fan blades completely exposed, or have the fan included as part of a small flywheel as you typically see on compressors. It has more of the traditional look of stationary engines or steam engines with the flywheel fan design, or a wow factor if you leave the blades exposed. I don’t think OHSA will be after you.
The flywheel fan idea ”may” help with evening out the speed and timing pulses because of the added mass.
Just my less than 2 cents. Love your work.
Cheers,
Ken
