Also, some type 4 cases have a mechanical fuel pump (desireable) and the rest are blanked out, you'll have to use electric fuel pumps or Steve Bennett may be able to have them machined out to convert them to a mechanical fuel pump. I know he used my case to get the demensions for converting non-mechanical cases, but I don't know if he actually provides the service or not.
Regards ----- Original Message ----- From: "AVLEC" <av...@telkomsa.net> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 3:14 AM Subject: Re: Réf. : KR> (no subject) > Serge Wrote: > Hi, Mike. > > My (very biased) advice is: if you can locate a Type 4, forget the Types > 1, 2 and 3. The Type 4 is an extensive redesign, solved most of the > reliability problems of the preious ones, the case was built in a better > alloy. Only problem is to find one, because much less Type 4 were > produced. > > Just to add to this, I have been led to believe that the heads on the 1700 > are of better quality than the 2000 as the 2000 heads had a reputation for > dropping valves. They can be identified by the shape of their exhaust > ports. > One has a round port and the other has a semi rectangular port. I think > the > round ones belong on the 2000 but I am not certain. > > Regards > Dene Collett > KR2SRT builder > South africa > Whisper assembler > See: www.whisperaircraft.com > mailto: av...@telkomsa.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
