It finally feels like you two are 'home'! It hit me finally at 02:10 when you two on each side of the Dingo, Ike looking so proud, John so happy.. sitting in front of the green cabinets.. you guys are home. Congratulations! Take care :)
Do you think someone who is 6’5” 280 could drive this? I am looking at getting one with a 9hp engine (John Deere model) for my wife to truck my 2 year old around the yard. But I might want to drive it a little too of course.
Dingos are awesome! I had one when I was a kid. It came with a 8hp briggs (flat head) and was later upgraded to a 10hp tecumseh. I rode the literal wheels off that rig for ten years of my young life. This video makes me remember smelling like gas and mud😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁Awesome memories. Thanks for posting.
When I was a kid in the 80’s there was a neighborhood kid that had one of these awesome little machines. His was black with gold wheels but it didn’t have the full roll cage. The kid would never let anyone ride it but seeing him ride it up and down the road made me always want one.
Tecumseh engines; Stock they do ok but they do a whole lot better once the governor is bypassed or removed. Port out the intake manifold a little bit and tighten the valve lashings and replace the stock muffler with a straight pipe header. The mikuni Carb is a must with a straight pipe exhaust. If yall swap that stock muffler with a straight pipe, tighten the valve lashing and bypass that governor, yall will notice a huge difference in power. Speaking from personal experience here... I promise you guys, you will not be disappointed.
So very stoked, I fixed and sold my manko dominator and ordered a coleman 196 adding a stage 1 perf. kit for my 12 yo and 2 younger boys to play with. Comes in todayyyyyy.
Just picked up a two seater dingo with the 13 horse Honda GX390, got it running but just waiting on a few parts to arrive to ride it. Can’t wait after watching these dingo videos. 👍
Thought the hex axles were pretty standard on most or all Dingo's, or at least the older ones. I jumped my 13hp "high performance" one and it hasn't bent yet, and I'm 200lbs.
Only reason mine bent was a friend clipped a tree at 35mph only caught like 3 inches or so. All the leverage bent it easily. My dad brought it to his work and put in press he straitened it. The guy i sold mine too put a 3 inch wider axle on it and stretched it added rear swingarm was much better for big guys and smoother with just rear suspension
Manco is known for hexagonal axles, I had a go kart with the hexagonal axle, I prefer them more actually, because with a lot of power and torque, it greatly reduces the risk of breaking a key (because there isn't one) and it has pozi. But you're limited to rim's and tire size, because of the shape of the rim.
Find the electric eyes from a overhead garage door. Make an electronic Start/Finish line. Run the wire over a big overhead drivethrough sign. I have lots of plans for your personal money! HAHA
I had a dingo but it didn’t have a roll cage. We took the 6hp Briggs off and installed a 12.5hp. Upgraded the torque converter and boom, the baddest kart in the neighborhood
when I was a kid I had a mini bike with a McCullough shoe box kart engine and when you punched it it would put you on your back but we clocked it at 70 mph, one bad dude.
been watching you guys since i was 10 before you guys got kicked out the headquarters and proud to say that last week i ordered a ct100x with plans to 212cc swap it but woke up a few days ago and found a frame with wheels for $65 and now it’s my project!!!
Solid! It makes me want to get a cheap cart, but California won't allow that. Just glad i get away with a motorized ratcycle and my electric moped. I get away with a lot just by them being cool. Idea: Keep a running list (at time of air/post) in the descriptions below with links to vehicles. Good for new viewers and viewings of older vehicles. Keep em coming fellas!
You should take an aerial photo of the property either using a drone or Google maps satellite view and trace out your track layouts. I'm always curious about what the route looks like when you do your time attack runs. Because we can't really see much once you leave the start line. I think that would be really neat. Keep up the amazing work.
Pretty sure the term live axel means any axel thats two wheel drive either key driven or the weird hex shape in this video versus the one wheel drive that the guys call one wheel peel depends on how the frame is set up for either style
I just did a series on my channel of fixing up my Manco Dingo IX! It was my very first motorized machine when I was a kid and is still in great shape. It’s got the 9hp Briggs and Stratton and Rips pretty good. The only downside is the lack of suspension so I’m taking the motor from it and transplanting it on a Baja 65 cart frame that has full suspension, rack and piñon steering, and hydraulic brakes. Should be a much nicer riding cart than the Dingo!
Id get one of these solely because its made by Manco. Decal the hell out of it with the Manco logo from Team Fortress 2. Great video, thanks for sharing.
This is first time i remember John showing a little of the house and the street out front....very interesring! Looks like a neat ranch house kinda in suburbia/country but with a HUGE BY LARGE Back yard! Great choice. So much potential in that there yard. I see a 60×40 steel truss building in the near future. Maybe then you boys can add some automotive to the channel name! Keep up the good work
If y’all end up doing a tecumseh build, I definitely recommend the first thing you do is find a cam, because the stock ones in there are plastic, and suck.
You guys make it look so easy, love the videos. I'm currently converting a old 13hp harbor freight motor to electric start and its giving me fits. I'm building it for my daughter, I want her to be able to start and kill the motor from the driver's seat, hopefully we'll get her done soon 👍🇺🇸
In the episode that y'all did of Ike's adventures with the rat rod Corvette Stingray I noticed in the background of the garage you got a Schwinn Sting-Ray spoiler Chopper I would love to see that
Awesome video we have a few manco dingo buggys got my first manco dingo 8hp Briggs Stratton off the showroom floor 1994 and have had it every since growing up as a kid i always wanted to race my buggy at motocross tracks and they didn't have a mini buggy class every since side by sides got popular in the ATV world a lot of motocross tracks have a adult and kids Mini Buggy Class we race 2 manco dingo buggys a manco silver fox a hammer head 150 a Yamaha raptor 350 and Yamaha raptor 50cc
Who is faster unless you’re in a race don’t matter unless you’re the type that has to win no matter what you are doing but that ,, to me ,,, takes away from the fun you should be having on test riding at the house!!!!!!!! Thanks 🙏 Mike
I have a dingo I used several kohler v twin engines for parts and built a junkyard 18hp v twin engine I am setting up to put it on my dingo I think it will be maby a little overkill but crazy fun
A few days ago I came across motorcycle chariot racing on Facebook. It was big in the 20’s and 30’s. it involved strapping a load of motorbikes together and hooking the handle bars up with reigns so they could be steered from the chariot they were pulling. future project idea for you guys: mini bike chariot racing!!!
