Hi Norm
I feel you have raised an important question here.
This issue is compounded by America's love with old school measurements.
They think in foot pounds of torque; whereas we should be thinking in
Newton metres.
I am 'old school' - so 173cc equates to about 4hp (side valve) 4-stroke,
but more likely, about 5hp for an ohv like this Kohler.
I am 'new school' in wanting to adjust to metric understandings.
I am interested to know how we should correlate hp to torque, expressed
in Nm rather than foot pounds.
The reason the Kohler is hard to pull over is simple:-
engine decompressors have little to offer for large flywheels.
The size of a large bladeholder requires a certain starting technique...
You just lean back and pull slowly. Let the bladeholder inertia do the work.
Cheers
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Jack
