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From: (no name) (no email)
Date: Thu Sep 04 2003 - 20:50:52 EDT
In a message dated 9/4/2003 3:26:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
writes:
> >Atomic 4's are often fitted in older boats this size. Those venerable
> >motors produce 30 HP.
>
> I've been told that these engines had governors that limited their RPM to a
> point where they didn't put out much more than 10-12 HP. True?
>
>
nah. Most definitely the A/4 had no governor on it. Push the throttle and
the engine rev'd up. Most boats didn't need the full 30 hp (not even close for
most boats), so most owners only pushed the throttle forward enough to go as
fast as they wanted.
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