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Check with Colin Hales -I think he used a Jabiru crossing the pond. Though I think he had engine problems on his trip to Australia ... Mac On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 7:38 PM, Larry Flesner via KRnet < krnet at list.krnet.org> wrote: > At 12:38 PM 5/26/2016, you wrote: > > > "I believe that the JAB

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Weight to power. I have always had a lot of problems with VW. That does not mean that they are all bad. I know you do not have those issues and neither do a lot of others. If I had a 2200 and was building a KR1, that is exactly what I would put on it. See N64KR at ht

KR> HAPI issues?

yes, in fact, my 2200 is a late solid lifter version which had pretty much all the early issues (such as cooling fin configuration) resolved. ?one update that came later was to add 2 steel dowels between the crank and flywheel. The orignal design did not use dowels or shoulder bolts and relied o

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At 12:38 PM 5/26/2016, you wrote: > > "I believe that the JAB 2200 is the perfect engine for the KR1." >+ >Why Dan? Aren't the parts a lot harder to get and more expensive than >the VW? Dunno . . . just asking. +

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> "I believe that the JAB 2200 is the perfect engine for the KR1." Why Dan? Aren't the parts a lot harder to get and more expensive than the VW? Dunno . . . just asking. One of the fellows in my EAA chapter had that engine in his Tailwind and couldn't keep valve seats in the head. Sold the p

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niel R. Heath - Lexington, SC -Original Message- From: KRnet [mailto:krnet-bounces at list.krnet.org] On Behalf Of Larry Flesner via KRnet Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2016 10:10 AM To: KRnet Cc: Larry Flesner Subject: Re: KR> HAPI issues? > have a low time recently overhauled Jabi

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> have a low time recently overhauled Jabiru 2200, but ws going to > be a "purist" and go VW >, but a 100hp Continental O-200 only weights 170lbs. >My 85hp jab weights about 140lbs. An 80hp vw, I think i read is 170ish... ++ Do

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this has me curious. I am about to start building a KR1, have a low time recently overhauled Jabiru 2200, but ws going to be a "purist" and go VW (probably still will do that , maybe a turbo VW new in the box?) u mention a lycoming, a 108hp O-235 weights 240lbs accordng to wikipedia, but a 100hp

KR> HAPI issues?Lycombing/continental

At 02:29 PM 5/25/2016, you wrote: >You can buy a used cont or lycoming for ~$3000 and spend another >$3000 doing a very nice overhaul (if you do it yourself. Then you >will never have to touch it again (except maintenance such as oil >(25hr), timing (100-500hr), etc.).

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Greetings Dean, I?ve been trying to figure them out too and its remarkable how little info I?m pulling up - just goes to show that almost nothing actually existed before the internet. Depends on what HAPI model you have. This give some specs of the different models: http://www.enginehistory.o