Thanks Mark! I've forwarded an email to them.
My other option has been using an O-200 or 235. I'm not sold on the Corvair yet, nor the VW. My altitude here at 4SD is 5046' and the VW just makes marginal horsepower at this altitude in my opinion for two and full fuel, unless I built a type IV with 2700 CC's or more. I had considered the EJ22 which would net me 120 ponies from what I've read so far. But claims about their weight scares me, it would mean an aircraft empty weight of around 650#. Any thoughts on all this? Fred Johnson Product Manager T.E. West, LLC. -----Original Message----- From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net] On Behalf Of Mark Langford Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 12:07 PM To: KRnet Subject: Re: KR> Subaru engines Fred Johnson wrote: > Hey Mark, since it is so quiet today, do you know of anyone successfully > using either a Subaru or Geo engine in a KR? Steve Makish and Bob Lester have a lot of hours on a Subaru (don't know exactly which one). They were big proponents until Steve wore his case out a couple of times at about 300 hours. His opinion is that they can't take the RPMs, and are not worth the trouble. He's now flying a Corvair. He's not on the list but his email address is srmak...@aol.com if want to email him direct and ask his opinion. Yes Ken Thomas also had a Subaru and is now running a Jabiru, and is happy with it. Dave Stroud weighed a Subaru engine installation firewall forward and came up with 285 pounds, substantially more than "they" tell you it'll weigh. The Corvair is about 245, by comparison. My 2 cents worth, but I've never flown behind a Subaru, so take it for what it's worth... Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.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
