Originally Posted by NormK
because one of their relatives had one and it was a ripper

And I bet it was a 2 stroke - like comparing apples and oranges

I picked up the new victa brochure and some of the claims are laughable - they say the Quiet Power engine is 40% quieter *

*than a side valve quantum

Just being OHV probably does half that

and they reckon the corvette 100 ( $449) has 7.5nm torque - on their website they quote a PT as 8 Nm. However they do their tests its obviously designed to favour 4 strokes.

I know which I would rather if I had overgrown grass to turn into lawn. The briggs would have a coronary within 10 metres