Hi all,
While the Eco Torque engines look like they've been manufactured poorly with large air-cooling fins, that was actually the design recommended by UTS when re-designing the engine to meet newer emission standards, so it's not a result of the country of manufacture. You can find information about this in Technical Bulletin 03/07 322 (Attached), and the
Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences website.
Aside from those changes as far as I'm aware and from what I've seen, there was no change to the bolt hole locations on the engine.
Obviously, I wouldn't run the mower and wouldn't recommend anyone else run the mower with only 3 bolts holding the engine on either, even though it may be/feel entirely secure.
