The reason I picked "Do-It-Yourself Karting" for a site name is I do everthing on my kart that I can to save money. I do a lot of my own work on my kart. I have built many tools that I use very often. I am going to go through my tool box and show how I made each special tool. I try to get away with as little of cost as possible and I will be passing what I learn along. Hope you enjoy the site and keep putting the pedal to the floor!!! Thanks for dropping in. Stop back soon. Later!!!

NEWS: The following pictures have been added to the site: My pics at the 2001 Jacksonville Gold Cup.

The following is an index of the projects that I have completed. More articles are in the works and coming soon.

• Karting Speedometer - Talk about stumbling over a once in a lifetime deal!!! Check this out. A speedometer for less than $35.00. This is a MUST HAVE in my book!
• Cam Twister!! - Build your own Cam Twister to fine tune those valve settings
• Spark Plug Tester - Test your plug, magnet, and coil to see what kind of fire you are getting.
• Blueprinting and maintenance of your own Horstman 4-cycle clutch - Do you want to know what you are paying the kartshop for. Here's what they do.
• How to make your own Tach Recorder - $150.00 for a tach recorder?? Not here. Here's a low dough recorder.
• How to make your own Tach Recorder (another version) - Here's another version of how to build the recorder.
• How to make your own Tire Prep - Don't spend your hard earned money on someone elses prep, make your own.
• How to make your own Kart Stand - Make your own roll around kart stand. Pics Added
• How to make your own Pop-Off Gauge - This is also used in the valve leakage tester below.
• How to make your own Leakdown Tester - Used in 2-cycle and 4-cycle to see when it's time for a rebuild. Really handy for Briggs to check valve seal.
• How to make your own Valve Spring Tester - A must to fine tune your Briggs spring pressure.
• How to make your own Valve Leakage Tester - When your motors on the bench and you want to KNOW the valve seal is right this is a must.
• How to make your own Rod Honing Jig - A must to hone your rod journals.
• Make your own flowbench for $150.00 - This link is going to send you to Bob Evans 4-cycle page. This flowbench on Bob's page is very well put together and is almost to close to looking just like a commercial model sold. It is needed if you plan on doing your own carbs.
• Detailed plans on building a hydraulic dyno. Pics Added
• Karting tracks of the First Coast (North FL and South GA)
• Jamie Webb's bio page. - This is going to be a little page I put together on me. Some pictures of past races and maybe a few of the shop. Who knows what else. Pics Added
• Jamie Webb's Links Page - These are the sites that I drop in on every now and then.
• And anything else I can think of that has to do with racing!

You can reach me at webmaster@briggs-racing.com for comments, questions, and suggestions.

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This page was last updated on 4/18/2001.

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