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(Waaaay off from lawnmowers,but.....Back before I retired,a couple of the guys in the shop were bass fishermen. One was overheard to say,"I'm trading in my current outboard for a bigger one." The other guy asks,"Why?". First man says ,"I can't bust 100 MPH.". I thought to myself,"Man,those bass...

2 cycle usually,almost unlimited rpm.10,000 rpm isn't out of the question. Of course,Yamaha and Mercury are in a high 4 stroke horsepower competition now. 400+hp outboards are on the market right now. Of course,they come with a price tag that is HIGH also!! Still,I would have liked to have...

Thanks for the kudos! However,I'm way back in second place on this hop-up. I have looked and looked for the Snapper video that I saw a year or two ago with no luck. This guy put an outboard engine powerhead on a Snapper! As best as I can remember,it was 115hp Mercury outboard. It was...

If you look at my sort of jury-rigged muffler setup on the Snapper,the "chin" muffler works fine wired up the way I have it now. Two lengths of angle off the rear frame box will do away with the baling wire and look, well,morel finished. Just haven'y had the time or have gotten the angle iron...

Nope,it does not notice that clump of fescue! Of,course,the 17.5 Intek didn't either,but the opposed twin does seem to run smoother than the Intek single. That makes sense though,it's a naturally balanced design,unlike the Intek single that has all the extra parts to try to combat the inherent...

Not pressure-lubed. :-( As far as idling, as a matter of course, I run at recommended rpm,both for oiling and for cooling. I've read from many posters that poking around at low rpm hurts both the engine and the hydros. Briggs themselves,say let the governor do it's job and run at or near...

As I said in the previous post,2 different Intek AVS 17.5 singles have failed me,or should I say they broke themselves(and me,too,$$)! a couple of years ago,the first one ,for no good reason,snapped the head off a valve right above the stem and the head punched right through the piston. I bought...

Thanks for all the positive comments on the Briggs opposed 2 cylinder engine. I really wasn't wanting to spend major money on another Intek engine that seems to have inherent reliability issues. I know,I know,there are those that will sing their praises. That's ok with me,but I have had 2 that...

I have elected to swap the low hour (<24) Intek 17.5 that I have on my Snapper Extra Tough 33" onto the CZ42175 Zero Turn. It gets more use than the Snapper. The Intek will be a plug-and-play on the Husqvarna,as that's the same(broken) engine that's on it now. With that swap around in mind,the...

Thank you. Yes,indeed,the stators are the same size. The charge rate depends the magnet size in the flywheel. Thanks again!

Does anyone know if the flywheel and stator on the same horsepower size(19 HP Intek and Vanguard single cylinder) engines are the same? TIA

Good to hear. I have had it running on the workbench and the integral carb fuel pump had no trouble picking up fuel from the small can of gas 8 inches or so below it. I ran fuel stabilizer through it and then ran it dry before oiling the cylinders and squirreling it away. It never gave me a...

Thank you. The twin does run so very smooth here on the bench. I believe anything it would require to put it on the ztr would be totally reversible,should I wish to go to a more 'modern' engine in the future.

It's a splash lubed,alas not pressure lubed. No filter,of course,either. A comparable new pressure-lubed single similar to what is on the mower now is around $600+ or so. The Husqvarna has been and is still a good solid mower that does all I require from a ztr,so I'm going to keep it no matter...

Hello all, I have a Husqvarna c42175 zero turn mower with a 17.5 Briggs Intek AVS single cylinder engine on it. It's a 2005 and the engine runs fine but is beginning to smoke a bit and it has a lot of hours on it. I have 18hp Briggs I/C opposed 2 cylinder from a previous lawn tractor type...