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#80641 01/01/17 06:54 PM
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Hi all, I was just given a Ryobi with a Subaru engine on it. I am curious to know if this is just another chonda or a ground up design.

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Kubota are using Subaru and Honda engines on their new range of self propelled mowers so I don't think it is a Chonda otherwise there would be no point them buying in two different motors. I can't remember which way around it is but they have one engine type on their most optioned mower and the other on the lesser optioned one.

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Thanks aussietrev, I was just wondering cause when I went to the local mower shop the guy said that they were made in china and were a steaming heap and if it had problems to chuck it.

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Formerly known as Robin?


Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!
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Originally Posted by Mowerfreak
Formerly known as Robin?

Yes Subaru is a Robin they changed the brand name as couple times over the years.

Subaru Industrial Power Products is the brand name for products manufactured by the Industrial Products division of Fuji Heavy Industries (FHI), which were previously sold under the Robin, Subaru-Robin and Wisconsin Robin brand. The line was sold under the Subaru brand, used by FHI's automobiles for greater brand recognition. Decided to close down the business cars.

They manufacture China made engines, portable generators and de-watering construction pumps. The company�s United States headquarters was located in Lake Zurich, Illinois. Subaru industrial engines, sold worldwide, was manufactured by China partners in North America and Japan.[1] Subaru�s annual engine production exceeds 700,000 eighth largest engine manufacturer in the world.

Subaru was the first to offer chain-driven overhead cam (OHC) technology in the small, air-cooled engine market with its Subaru Industrial EX engine series. A standard for high-performance automotive engines, chain-driven OHC technology allows the intake and exhaust valves to be positioned for optimum engine performance. This offers lower resistance for the air/fuel mixture flow. With fewer moving parts, OHC engines produce less mechanical noise than competitive technologies and offer better cooling performance to combat overheating.

It�s also believed that Subaru is the first company to utilize electronic fuel injection (EFI) technology in a mass-produced, single-cylinder recoil-start industrial engine.


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