Thanks for the replies guys, It's good to learn new things, I didn't know that all Powertorque's have a complete cast-iron block, from what I gleaned from the Victa article, I thought that only applied to its commercial grade heavy duty engines. Thanks for that, Joe.
Grumpy, I think you're spot-on with your thoughts on the chinese Honda, the quality will improve, after all, no-one wants to supply a defective product, do they.
