On Fri, 13 May 2011 06:01:48 -0500, jim "sjedgingN0Sp"@m@mwt,net
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Horse power ratings are now required to be done by dyno testing random
engines off the assembly line. They can't just do some silly
calculations and call it a 6 hp engine. Briggs won't tell you what the
current hp rating is.
Not true. Their HP ratings are/were SAE spec dyno ratings. The 6HP
engine was larger displacement than the 3.5 Try buying pistons and
cranks.
The 3.5HP L-Head was 148cc
The 6HP OHV Vangard was 182cc, the 6HP Intek 190cc, and the 6HP
Quantum was 189.6 cc (lets just call it 190)

That has little to do with the fraud
that Briggs was sued over.
The case started in the Illinois courts in 2003 against MTD and Briggs
MTD caved in and settled then MTD gave evidence against Briggs
In 2008 it was moved into federal court as a class action
At about the same time Fraud and RICO charges were filed against Briggs
and most of the other small engine mfgs.
In 2010 Briggs agreed to settle for 51 million.

The horsepower misrepresentation that Briggs
and other small engine makers
engaged in occurred from 1994-2008
the misrepresentations ended when Briggs stopped using hp ratings
So their torque ratings are more to be trusted than their HP? Why? IF
it WAS actually fraud, it is just as easy to misrepresent torque.
Any of the numbers I've seen, torque vs HP, work out REAL close.

(at 3600 RPM) The only reason it could have been construed as
fraudulent would be if the rated RPM was higher than the operating RPM
- which it has been since 1996 or there-abouts. The 6HP engine was
only 4.5 or 5 because it didn't run at it's rated RPM.