Does anyone hot rod their Vacs?

[ridgidwd0670]

I put a Ametek high performance (115923) motor in a Tristar; esp the a101 series (exl, mg & cs series) & also my old compact c80 (its original motor was ametek 116311) now i go thru more bags because the compact now picks up more dirt with the high-performance Ametek 115923 motor than it ever did when it had the standard Ametek 116311 motor

I'm still using the straight suction metal rug tool that came with the Compact while I wait for the PN motor to arrive (its a Rainbow PN motor [R2800] with thick shaft)

 

[anthony]

i once fitted a

1600 watt motor into a Hoover Constelation .Whilst the suction was great the dam thing would only float for a few seconds before it started to hover then flip over on its side .I temporarily stopped this by putting some lead weights inside

 

[rowdy141]

A modded Hoover Constellation could race that Electrlux hot-rod!

 

[bikerray]

Pin stripes and racing slicks?

 

[rugsucker]

Pin stripes and larger rear wheels--

--were seen on Eureka of the early 70s(Empress II ?).

 

[lesinutah]

Hey

If you take air out of tires leaving half full it helps grip off the line quicker. It could be difference of winning and losing.
Les

 

[kirbyclassiciii]

ABCVacPlacentia

Ted,

Here is a souped-up Royal 801 from the 1960s that now has a 7.0 amp motor...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Royal-Vacu...kqF7PdY0eNSWgTNV4ahP4j01fH03XXTdDT1yFM8DsD-M4

~Ben