KR> Progress

2008-12-08 Thread Wayne & Kathy Tokarz
I think the reason that your pistons are overextending into the barrels is that you have the wrong crankshaft. Check out Harry Fenton's excellent web site on Continentals. http://www.bowersflybaby.com/tech/fenton.htm He explains all the ins and outs of modifying Continentals. At our f

KR> Ray Fuenzalida

2008-12-08 Thread Martek Mississippi
Hey Ray! I was wondering how your project was coming along. I'm glad to hear you'll be moving on it. I talked to a guy in Texas who had some wings for sale. you might want to contact me about them if you are interested. When are you coming through Biloxi next? You can zstop in and see the KR2 I

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2008-12-08 Thread Patrick Driscoll
Ray wrote: Just need to find the time to do it. If I didn't have to go to work all the time I would get so much done. Don't think the "no work" will get you more time for your project, I have been retired for 11 years and I started on my KR three years ago and have only managed to get the

KR> progress?

2008-12-08 Thread Ray Fuenzalida
More thinking than actually doing.  My fantasy was that now that my youngest child was off to college I would have tons of time.  I don't know what happened but that glut of time I expected never materialized.  However, I am making progress on several fronts. 1. I hope to build the wings over Ch

KR> kr-2 r/c

2008-12-08 Thread Eduardo Navarrete
hi netters as i dont want to lose my skills as a builder due the winter, im starting to build a r/c kr-2 in a scale 1:3. at this moment the fuselage sides and skins are done. hope i´ll finish the plane this year. Salu2 Eduardo Navarrete Quito-Ecuador +593-9-8243079 (cell) +593-2-2344568 (ho

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2008-12-08 Thread Jeff Scott
The Continentals are built significantly different from the VWs. The bottom oil seal for the cylinder fits between the cylinder base and a chamfer in the case. I suppose I could shim it some if I wanted to invest the time and effort into building the shims, but there are other things that aren

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2008-12-08 Thread John Gotschall
I wondered the same thing, works with vw doesn't it? Or is the reason not to because you would loose the higher compression ratio by lifting the cyl? jg > > The only solution was to order a set of stock O-200 pistons > > and downgrade the engine to a stock O-200. :o( > > Wonder if you put some