New Titan Kit

[smithhb]

Well, they are all at the Big Show right now and I'm sure they have bigger fish to fry. Just follow the Lycoming Overhaul Manual and all should be fine.

My engine is complete (except for the AFP install) and ready to hang.

[dicer]

Originally Posted by smithhb

Here are some pics of the accessory case and stud.




I closed my case halves last night. My documented build is here.
http://www.flightinnovations.com/eng...I_Engine_Build

So do the cases have a slight anodize, the yellowish color? And are all the parts edge broke? What do these engine kits cost?

[Aden Rich]

Yes all of the alum parts are alodined. They are yellowish in color. The kits cost about 14K standard. Edge broke??? The parts are all PMA certified but you don't get any papers on them.

[dicer]

"Edge broke"?

Meaning all sharp corners are not sharp on all the parts.
It looks like not so on some of the case parts, and not good pratice with aircraft parts. 14K? you can probably get a factory reman engine for that assembled and tested with papers. I don't see any big savingse there. I got a low hour airworthy engine that is way bigger and better than that for alot less than 14K. I just can't see why 14K, I see a group of major parts that should maybe be 6 or 7 k at the most.
Someone is making some profit there. Especially with no papers.

[szicree]

Originally Posted by dicer

14K? you can probably get a factory reman engine for that assembled and tested with papers.

Without a core? Not a chance.

[Aden Rich]

There were no sharp edges on my engine. 14K is a very good deal on these considering you are getting all brand new parts. ECI also throws in a lot of little goodies that most other kits will not give you unless you get the wallet out. I have put together a few engines and this is the cheapest one yet. If you know of a better engine source, please post a new post so that all others reading this post can save now on a bigger and better engine. If you are curious to see what kind of quality is in these kit, feel free to come out to Port Angeles and I will be more than happy to show you around.

On the certified note: Having papers does not do you any good. You are putting a certified engine on a experimental airplane. Thus, making the engine experimental. The reason for this is because of vibration testing. Most of the experimentals have not gone through the vibration testing to the airframe to engine combo. That is why you see STC's on some airplanes that have engine upgrades that only specify a certain engine model. Aren't all 0-320's and 0-360 basically the same. Not according to the FAA. So getting some papers with your engine does not really do you any good unless you plan on selling it to someone that has a certified airplane that is approved for that engine model. Besides, I got all the papers I need. They still come with all of the batch/lot numbers so you can keep track of the production in case there is a AD or SB.

[Aden Rich]

On Sunday my will come up and we will put the cylinders together. Now most people who get engines don't have to put the cylinders together as they come assembled with all of the components. I will be putting them together by hand from scratch. Stay tuned with lots of pics and descriptions.

Aden

[smithhb]

Aden,

I admire you for doing the cylinders yourself. When I found out how much the tools cost just to assemble the cylinders I was shocked. I then found out from Jesse at AERO that ECI will now deliver the cylinders complete (and painted!) at no extra charge (or minimal charge) so that is what I did. Their work was beautiful.

Good luck and take lots of photos...

[Aden Rich]

I have a bunch of hours into prepping, masking, painting, grinding, and lapping the cylinders. I'm not even close yet either. My Dad and I will most likely spend a good portion of the day getting them together and mounted on the engine. I purchased a lot of the tools from the local auto parts store like the ring compressor and ring expander tools. The spring compressor from US Tools was 60 bucks. There was another for 190. I think this one will work but I guess I will see. My Dad has a tool that you use on the drill press to hold the valves in place when you compress the springs to install the keepers. We'll have to see if this can all be done without gouging the valve stems. I usually have gotten my cylinders done also but I wanted to see for myself what it takes to put them together. My Dad has done them with shop tools and a special compressor made for the drill press. It wasn't pretty but it worked. His engine is still flying around after 15 years!

[terry.mortimore]

Hello Aden:

Haven't seen any posts recently on your engine build, just curious as to how you made out.


Cheers, Terry