raptor id

[FordGalaxy]

How do you identify if an engine is a raptor or not.

What are some things to be on the lookout for when checking out used engines at yard sales etc.


Thanks Bill

 

[Jay Wrix]

A raptor is a model 13 with extra braces around the valve box,
The raptor has a different connecting rod, stronger and doesnt have the two piece dipper/rod cap
The raptor also has a stronger, different shaped piston.
There was no governor hole on the raptor.
The carb was also different, it lacked a Choke,

http://www.briggsracing.com/images/lightbox/raptor/img-01.jpg


All engines made after the RAPTOR 3 went into production (all briggs engines) blocks had the casting changes,

Ill look for the pictures,
Edit, Cant find the valve brace pictures =(


See if the motor is worn, if it runs, what it was ran on, and the cost!

 

[FordGalaxy]

OK on the one pictured you can tell, what I was wondering is how can you tell the better engines on say a yard sale tiller or blower.

I see referances to IC engines and raptors in various posts. The bearing blocks I can spot
by the 3 or 4 in the model numbers but how can you tell the other stuff?

 

[Jay Wrix]

As far as i know to find out if its a sleeved cylinder or has internal mods, ya gotta take the head off,

There may be a simpler way but i am not sure

 

[5hpminitech]

you might find a raptor or ic block at a garage sale but it wont have the raptor rod and piston in it