Doug Ruper wrote: > Mark: Stupid question from the peanut gallery but why didn't you go with > fuel injection setup from a 3.1 liter system from a V6 engine and cobble in > the computer module from the donor vehicle and get rid of the carb icing and > mixture problems all with one stroke?
When I started building this plane I was planning on using CIS fuel injection, an almost bulletproof mechanical injection system used on European cars. But after looking at the weight and size of the components, I'd end up with 20 pounds more weight in it than a carb setup. And the CIS setup that I had was for a four cylinder, and now I'm building a six cylinder. The biggie with the carb is that it was light and simple to hook up, and now that's behind me. I may very well give fuel injection a try later on, after I've flown the KR and have that part of the curve behind me. One of the first things on my list after getting my KR broken in will be to build a spare engine. That engine will probably have fuel injection on it. Now that my cowling is built, I think I have room for all of that stuff underneath too. The totally redundant fuel system probably cost me under three pounds altogether. Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama N56ML "at" hiwaay.net see KR2S project at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Rupert" <drup...@sympatico.ca> To: "'KRnet'" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2004 12:47 AM Subject: RE: KR> primer works > Mark: Stupid question from the peanut gallery but why didn't you go with > fuel injection setup from a 3.1 liter system from a V6 engine and cobble in > the computer module from the donor vehicle and get rid of the carb icing and > mixture problems all with one stroke? Just asking as I found 2 pristine Vair > engines in a scrap engine pile at local junkyard for 50 bucks apiece as well > as a couple of type 4 VW's for same price. Take 1 or take em all as they are > going for scrap. May just pick up both Vairs and the type 4's. At that price > I could use them for paper weights if not used in the KR. > Doug Rupert. > > -----Original Message----- > From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net] On Behalf > Of Mark Langford > Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2004 9:46 PM > To: KRnet > Cc: Mark Langford > Subject: KR> primer works > But just so it won't be a total waste, I'd like to report that I > finished installation of the primer circuit today and it works like a > charm....fires right up! No longer will I need a spray bottle with gasoline > to get it to startMark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama > N56ML "at" hiwaay.net > see KR2S project at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford > > > > > _______________________________________ > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > >
