Having flown behing behing a VW for 125 hrs. I've found that VW's have an
easier life in an airplane than in a car. They run at pretty much one speed
all the time and at one tempature and are not used as an inertia brake, ie.
down shifting. When runing 100 LL the valve seats are protected from
hamm
JOE NO FLAME HERE BUT YOU MIGHT CHECK YOR TACH MOST VW ENGINES IN KR S ARE
SEEING 3200-3600 STATIC RPM . MINE THE FIRST FLIGHT ALL I GOT WAS 2900 AND
MAYBE 400 FT MIN ON A GOOD DAY . NOW WITH RIGHT PROP MANFOLD I GET 3500 RPMS
OUT
OF MY 1915 ON CLIMB OUT 900 -1200 FT MIN . AFTER RUNNING TO M
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