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Posted: Sat Feb 20, 1999 3:36 am
Original Posted By: Seibert
I'm not really up on the VW engine, but I have done some reading.They say one thing to watch out for is duel ignitions that have the 2nd set of spark plugs wired through the valve covers. As this has been known to cause engine fires.Also look at the heads for single or duel port intakes. The single port doesn't breath as well as the duel intake type.>From steve(at)byu.edu Fri Feb 19 20:22:58 1999>Received: from adena.byu.edu ("port 3338"@adena.byu.edu [128.187.22.180])> by EMAIL1.BYU.EDU (PMDF V5.2-31 #31181)> with ESMTP id for oilcanbob(at)hotmail.com;>Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 20:20:06 -0800 (PST)>From: Dean Dayton >Subject: substitute?>Sender: Maiser(at)adena.byu.edu>To: Pietenpol Discussion >Errors-to: Steve(at)byu.edu>Reply-to: Pietenpol Discussion >Message-id: >MIME-version: 1.0>X-Mailer: Mercury MTS v1.44 (NDS) (via Mercury MTS v1.44 (NDS))>Comments: Originally To: "Pietenpol Discussion" >X-Listname: >>I know I may sound like a heretic, but I've got an opportunity to buy a >flying Horizon 2 (Fisher Aero design).>>I'ts got an 80HP Limbach with 65 hrs on it.>>Does anybody know anything (good or bad) about this design or engine?>>I probably won't stop building the Piet. But at the rate I'm going, I >may be to old to fly it by the time I'm done;-)>>>Dean Dayton - deandayton(at)hotmail.com>>________________________________________________________________________________
I'm not really up on the VW engine, but I have done some reading.They say one thing to watch out for is duel ignitions that have the 2nd set of spark plugs wired through the valve covers. As this has been known to cause engine fires.Also look at the heads for single or duel port intakes. The single port doesn't breath as well as the duel intake type.>From steve(at)byu.edu Fri Feb 19 20:22:58 1999>Received: from adena.byu.edu ("port 3338"@adena.byu.edu [128.187.22.180])> by EMAIL1.BYU.EDU (PMDF V5.2-31 #31181)> with ESMTP id for oilcanbob(at)hotmail.com;>Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 20:20:06 -0800 (PST)>From: Dean Dayton >Subject: substitute?>Sender: Maiser(at)adena.byu.edu>To: Pietenpol Discussion >Errors-to: Steve(at)byu.edu>Reply-to: Pietenpol Discussion >Message-id: >MIME-version: 1.0>X-Mailer: Mercury MTS v1.44 (NDS) (via Mercury MTS v1.44 (NDS))>Comments: Originally To: "Pietenpol Discussion" >X-Listname: >>I know I may sound like a heretic, but I've got an opportunity to buy a >flying Horizon 2 (Fisher Aero design).>>I'ts got an 80HP Limbach with 65 hrs on it.>>Does anybody know anything (good or bad) about this design or engine?>>I probably won't stop building the Piet. But at the rate I'm going, I >may be to old to fly it by the time I'm done;-)>>>Dean Dayton - deandayton(at)hotmail.com>>________________________________________________________________________________