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Old 06-16-2004, 12:19 AM
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Dan Vincent
 
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Default K&B Torpedo (Greenhead) .09 engines

In 1954 K&B announced their new .09 addition to their popular line of greenhead engines. They already had them in .15, .19, .201, .23, .29, .32, .35 & .45 so I was glad to see an .09 being added. I waited and waited and K&B finally started producing them in 1957.

The first production run had a problem of the exhaust port sagging so they redesigned the case with a baffle in the center of the port to keep it straight.

Here are pictures of both types. K&B also offered accessory ring mounts for firewall mounting.

The Torpedo .09 was an amazing little engine and produced the highest HP per displacement of all K&B greenheads.
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