"Larry" wrote in message
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"Sir Thomas of Cannondale" wrote in
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Who knows.


I don't think those labels make any difference any more. Manufacturers
aren't really manufacturers any more, just brokers for obscure
manufacturer contractors noone ever heard of.

Case in point. I had a Honda EM5000X 5.5KW genset. It had a slant-
cylinder 11HP OHV 4-stroke engine on it that said HONDA all over it.
Honda made the whole thing, generator and all, painted Honda red......and
quite expensive because of it. It was a great generator, too!

But, roaming inside Pep Boys looking for something, I stumbled upon a
whole rack of Chinese generators from manufacturers I couldn't even
pronounce. I saw a familiar shaped engine on a 6KW Chinese model and
took a closer look. There sat my HONDA 11hp OHV 4-stroke
engine....EXACTLY what was on my Honda genset....at 1/4 the price! Where
the HONDA genset had HONDA stamped into the aluminum block....it was
blank on this engine. There were unused motor mounts on this block that
HONDA used to mount the motor to the frame. It had the same carb, same
valve cover without HONDA stamped into it, same everything except the
name.

Just like electronics, the company whos name is emblazoned on the cabinet
is only the broker for the manufacturer in Foo Man Chu you never will
hear of. Chuck Hung Lo Manufacturing and Storm Door, Foo Man Chu, PRC.

Larry
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Larry ,, you once again make sound points. I am at the "just looking" stage
so I'm able to look, think, decide.
One funny quirt of the diesel marine engine market; there are no prices on
their web sites. Take a look at Beta.
They have just about everything and anything a boat owner would ever need to
know when thinking about or actually
doing/installing a repower. But NO PRICES. Nope. It always says "call
this xxxx number for a price". I find this very strange.

I wonder if it is because they use a Kubota motor and just marine it.

I think I understand the "marine changes" part but now I'm not sure.

What if a boat owner just bought a Kubota motor, like the one that Beta
uses. What is the difference between the Kubota and the
marine Beta. I realize that the motor will need a heat exchanger,
alternator, etc.

Do you know?

Any other well thought out ideas?

Thanks