Re: 5.5 -> 6hp conversion

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May 5, 2015 at 8:48 pm #15397
frankr
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    I really don’t know the answer for sure, but I doubt the half horse came from the needle bearings. 5hp Gale motors also got the needle bearings, but it didn’t make them a 5.5hp. I suspect the half horse came from the cylinder head (compression ratio) and/or reed plate. Just speculating.