I have one of my very best friends building the one and only GP5 with George Pereira's help. It has a small block Chevy for power and the amount of rebuilds (4 to date) to fix cooling, gear reduction and airflow to the fuel injection system work has been nightmare. Ask Dave Morss the test pilot, he's been to the airport 5 times only to have a few minutes airborne in the airplane and have to go home while something else is fixed.
Stick with a reliable engine on our birds, we are not air racers, nor do we want to be. Fred Johnson Product Manager T.E. West, LLC. -----Original Message----- From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net] On Behalf Of Colin Rainey Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 1:34 PM To: KRnet Subject: KR> Engine mods Mark Jones said: Here we go again...Nitrous on a KR....just what all the builders need. I will echo this with this summation on this topic: with all the good engine choices out there today that have great hp to weight ratios, and are affordable to builders based on your budget, I see no good reason to "hop up" or hotrod any engine and give up any durability or safety of operation. For every success story, there is many more of hours and hours wasted, only to choose a different engine package that offered the performance from the beginning with much better reliability. Take for instance ALL the headaches Orma Robbins has had trying to get his turbo right on his VW engine, where as the guys running Corvairs delivering virtually the same hp and same/more torque with increased reliability and simplicity of installation, and operation. If certified is better for you, C-85's and O-200's have been used with great success. Then there is all kinds of planes flying 2180 VW's, Geo/Suzuki, even Subaru engines. There is one reason the venerable carb and gravity feed fuel system has survived all these years: it is extremely reliable and very simple to maintain. All the other complexity adds to the build time and lowers the safety of operation due to increased work load and increased number of systems to fail. If you want to fly soon, keep it simple, reliable, and easy to maintain, and fly ALOT sooner. Just ask the builders who have made changes.... Colin Rainey Independent Loan Officer Branch 2375 Apex Mortgage Company 386.615.3388 Office 407.739.0834 Cell 407.557.3260 Fax brokerpi...@bellsouth.net _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
