20+ HP Harbor Freight Engine Build ~ Predator 224cc Max Performance

Iam impressed how mean this thing sounds! 20hp! What most dont realize or understand is what 20hp is like on a small cart or mini bike. My 1000cc ironhead makes 52 and weighs about 850lbs. Never thought of using cerekote on the valves and piston top. Learn something new everyday, Bro-ham I love your channel. Thanks for all the hard work feeding your subscribers killer content every week.

Thanks for the video's.
I think Im going to build a super engine for my son's Cycle Kart.
Normaly the club runs 5 hp 212, but my boy is big, and I want him to be able to complete with the other Cycle Karts.
Thanks again,

he didnt torque it down

Buy a 420?

How many hours do you expect that engine to last? If you're pushing it?

You should’ve showed a video of how to put the 30 series torque converter on this engine

Can you build a mud motor ? I have a 212 hemi that I put a van 22 on can’t get it right

Gonna put it on my snowblower

My billet rod is hitting the bottom of the cylinder sleeve. What would be the best fix?

Hi I'm building a 224, I'm just wondering if the parts I got for it wont blow it up, what I already have on it is a governor delete, oil censor delete, cast aluminum fly wheel rated for 10k rpm, billet rod, 18lb valve springs and a mikuni clone round slide. I ordered a .01 head gasket, 22lb valve springs, and a 265 hot cam. ill do the necessary clearancing, but I'm just wondering if I need anything else for my setup to run reliably.

hey, I'm in the process of building a 224 right now and have seen a few things about needing to mess with the timing key for the flywheel. just wondering if you just used the stock key or had to find one that worked?

Y’all did a great job assembling but I got that carburetor and it won’t stop leaking from the air filter yall never showed how to tune

I just finished my engine build thanks tot his tutorial and i am so grateful. The detail was impeccable and well planned. I greatly appreciate how much time and effort you put into it. I definitely plan on building a vtwin now that i have the 224 running. Id love to show you my project thanks to you. The relief of it running as well as it did is all thanks to you. One question though, with your vaccum lines why not just run the one instead of 3? I get one is for pressure relief and one is for fuel. But why the 2nd pressure relief?

If i pay you can you ship one just like this 2 me?

How many horsepower did the juggernaut in the thumbnail add 😉

Man I took 2 years of small engines and this step by step refreshed my memory so well, you're a good teacher.

Can you go over pricing for a build like this? I’d also like to see you drill and tap the relief venti holes and install tubing

I heard the 224 comes stick with a striker crank. This true??

What's the absolute max RPM those billet flywheels can handle?

pretty easy to bolt on fancy expensive performance parts and get results, my guess is you got at least $1500 in cheat parts show us your skills keep after market parts under $150 and show results because having an open ck book on these kinda defeats the purpose

I’m looking for your video on upgrading the ignition. System? You mention placing it in the discription but it not there. 🥺

Help a brotha in need! Lol. Where’s the ignition video and I assume all these kings that say fits 212cc in still will fit the 224cc.

Is this head the same one listed for a 212?

Red Beard, how come you don't install the 8 degree flywheel key on your builds? Am I missing something?

Sucks I’m seeing this so late but what’s the size comparison between this and a regular 212? I have a 212 in my moto 80 frame and it’s tight but would be cool if it would be a direct swap

anyone know where to get the exhaust from?

Hey, RBG, how would this motor survive being used to push a small boat with a long tail mud motor kit attached? I've seen a couple of people {perhaps even yourself?) say that stock motors work best for this purpose, and that performance-built motors used like this don't live for very long . Apparently it is because of substantially higher sustained RPM's being involved. 🤔 Any thoughts?

Thanks for the video. 👍

What is the weight of that running engine after all is done?

Where do you find them red washers and what size do I need ?

We gotta see the dyno vids. I’d love to see it ripping

Red beard your the man frfr…will that set up work on a ct200u ex??? And also would u get more out of that set or something like a ghost??? Great tho

What? no turbo?

How did you go from 212 cc to 224 cc? I didn't hear anything about boring or stroking the engine.

The cost for this build is ridiculas, why don't you do an economy build?

Where did you get they rotating round table?

RED BEARD IS TOP NOTCH💯 PERCENT

Jesus Christ sweet sweet Mary you are a mad man

Hey brother I just want to say thank you for your videos, these have helped me purchase the right engine for me and it’s extremely helpful for the builds on the Max Performance I picked up. Awesome work Sir! Thank you again! I’ll continue to share your vids.

I really want one of these, but don't want to mess around building my own. Who can I get to build it for me like this?

I don’t understand how that’s not intimidating

Does anyone know what would happen if the position are not at 120 degrees apart, I placed them 180 part and noticed lost of speed

I would just pay someone to do this cause I don’t have the knowledge or the tools but the only problem is that it’s so rare people do this that a shop probably won’t do it😂

Sir what is the rpm of this engine

Super cool video! Makes me want to spend $1,800 on an engine lol.

Do you have minibike part links??

This is fun and all, but this is why I prefer 2 stroke.

WOULD'VE BEEN A LITTLE MORE IMPRESSIVE HAD ANYTHING YOU BOUGHT ACTUALLY FIT THE ENGINE.REMOVING THE GOVERNOR GAINED MORE THAN THE PARTS YOU BOUGHT . I HAVE SOME PREDATOR GUARANTEED TO FIT 350 CHEVY PARTS IF YA REALLY WANNA GO FAST WITH IT

What length are the pushrods in this build