yeah i was actually just looking at it today and measured the inside of it with the hood closed It is actually bigger than I thought so I can probably fit a Rotax 500-521 but I know that stock pipes wouldn't fit because of height problems has anyone ever lowered a belly pan before on one of these or...

Oh forgot to mention that the original engine was fried beyond repair (reason for all the fuss)

So just looking for opinions/options for the most power that can be stuffed into a sportfire I have always wanted to make a sleeper sled and now is a better time than ever I am open to any engine options as long as they will fit under the hood (with pipes) i really want it to look normal from the ou...

Butterfly mikunis are the most temperamental carbs of all time I have an 80 spitfire that had a butterfly carb on it and that carb was awful from idle mix screws backings out on the trail to the float getting stuck down and flooding the engine I tried to fix it example rebuild, clean but still the s...

I have been looking for this part for ever the only option is to replace the entire ignition system to a more resent type but this is very time consuming=expensive and doesn’t always work. if the sled is only backfiring wind back the timing you will lose a bit of power but at least it will move

So as always I have a failing cdi but this is in my 1980 Jd spitfire with the Kawasaki 340 f/a and there seems to be no reproduction cdi for it so is there a different system that I can change it to or am I going to need to find a different engine

It is totally normal to pick a spitfire up and the suspension doesn’t extend and when the suspension is working perfectly it isn’t that good just take the skid out jump on the sprung arm in the front that one almost always works if it is stiff don’t even bother about the back and if the back is stuc...

Mix diesel nail polish remover two stroke oil and c.l.r. In equal parts put it on the bearing light it on fire and start prying this is what I do for any rusted bearing or engine component and this usually works

1980 124552m 09 79 Very original Evan Lafontaine Sudbury Ontario Canada November 2018 Duhamel and dewar History when it was sold it was ridden almost every day for about 1 year and sold to it’s second owner that road it as an ice fishing sled but parked it after a year it sat for a good decade and w...