"I don't plan to install the prop until after the engine will start and run full throttle."
I see that my comment from yesterday stirs up images of an engine running wild with out controls and no cooling. Keep in mind that the engine is fully connected to the aircraft just as the previously one was. The throttle works, as does the CHT and for that matter the EGT. The 009 is easier to adjust without prop whizzing by your hand 500 times a minute. It is also easier to adjust the revflow without the prop. I don't plan to run past idle and I do plan to allow cooling time between run attempts. If I run past idle it will be to see if the engine will accelerate or if the engine chokes or starves. At the point I determine the it starts, will idle, and accelerate, the prop goes on. If I am skillful enough this morning I will have both the 009 and the magneto close enough to get the engine to fire. It should only take about a minute or two to set the 009. The magneto will be set statically before starting the engine. Finding Idle with the Revflow is a different issue. The needle I used on my 1910 cc may not work on the 2366, and if it does, it will probably need lots of adjustments before I find idle. Hell, the carb 34mm may be too small for the new engine. Anyway, the engine will run fine for the short runs. It's like starting a car engine after overhaul before you connect the radiator, you just can't let it keep running no matter how good it sounds. Now its coffee and off to the airport. There is a time for E mail and a time for trying to make it to the Gathering Orma Southfield, MI N110LR celebrating 20 years To the gathering or bust
