Point well taken Orma. The problem I had with this project however was = that it was built with the Subaru engine as powerplant of choice and this = doesn't turn my crank (no pun intended) at all. Too much weight and complicated piping for horsepower output. Want to stay with direct drive and = although the O-200 is a viable option, parts could tend to get pricey. The = decision was eventually narrowed to the Type 4 or the Corvair as my weapons of choice. The dune buggy and sand rail crowd in California has insured = that we will have an almost unlimited supply of new parts for many years to come = and they continue to explore more and better ways of extracting more torque = & horsepower as well as increasing the longevity of these engines. Some of their changes are totally irrelevant to our intended use but some are = right up our alley as an example of what I'm talking about check out Dick = Landy's web site as he's developed a supercharger setup for VDub usage that increases torque by 40% down in the lower RPM range right where we need = it. There's also an outfit out of Georgia that builds Type 4's for racing applications and they have one model that produces over 160 ft lbs of = torque at 2800 rpm and backed up by dyno reports. Now that type of engine = sounds perfect for the KR bunch. With guys like these working on VW's and = William Wynne working on Corvairs I think the only question now is which of the = two would you rather have? Diesel may come into its own further into the = future and turbines are too damn costly to run and maintain. For me? Well which ever engine I run across first will get the nod now that I have gotten = the boat back to where it needed to be in the firewall area. Now I can get = back to work on the wings. Doug
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