G'day everyone,
I have been reading about these Victa Twin cylinder mowers and I hear they are nothing but trouble. Also I would have thought a twin cylinder engine would be firing one cylinder at a time? A bit like a twin engine on a Harley Davidson motorbike etc?
I have read that both cylinders fire together on these Victa twins? How did they manage to get a crankshaft design that looks like it has a cylinder on each side of the engine to fire at the same time? It doesn't seem like it would work like that? Also i'm assuming a total of 170cc means both cylinder sizes are added together, meaning the 2 cylinders on these engines are smaller in size than the standard 160cc single cylinder 2 stroke Victa engines?
Also i'd like to hear from anyone that has used one of these twin cylinder mowers when they are working like they are meant to are they much better than the standard 160cc single engine? Are they more powerful and less likely to slow down in tall grass etc? It would be good to know how much better (or worse) these were than than the standard 160cc Victa's from the same era?
I have only ever used a standard 160cc Victa 2 stroke full crank mower from the early 80's.
Cheers!
Last edited by Converse; 04/02/19 12:47 PM.
