Hi Norm,
Yes I agree the Mass and Inertia are reduced when you use a standard engine in a Victa 24 ,as we know usually to overcome
this problem manufacturers will use a much heavier pulley on the crank or a heavier cast iron flywheel instead of the alloy
flywheel and sometimes they use a cast iron flywheel with a heavy pulley.
I've been meaning to fit a cast iron flywheel from a Chonda to my GXV LPG mower for some time now but still haven't got
around to trying it out with the extra weight yet.
I think that's why a lot of my Chonda mowers I've had have worked exceptionally well to cut long grass with lightweight bar blades
because they had factory fitted cast iron flywheels .
I'd try the cast iron flywheel on the GCV 160 Victa 24 to start with and see if that's enough mass to fix the kick back problem, if
you're lucky you will only need a little extra mass to fix the problem ,sometimes modifying a 2 blade plate to take 4 blades will
help the problem.
If you do use the cast iron Chonda flywheel from memory you will need to use the Chonda ignition coil.(i think the core and magnet
spacing are different)
Cheers
Max.
