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Originally Posted by N23J
...I live in the desert and will be using this airplane to break up my commute with my 310 between Nevada and California. I have 4000 ft of paved runway so the extra HP may just be a bragging rights or a resale issue for me....
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Sounds like your mission is cruise flight, not weekend yanking and banking. If so then you will not notice the extra weight of the C/S prop and angle valve. Even IF you plan on yanking and banking, you are not likely to notice any difference unless you fly a lot of other RV's and generate a basis for comparison.
That said, if you're paying retail for both engines, go with the 180... You likely will not realize a favorable bang for the buck during your ownership, nor in resale value with the more expensive engine.
So I'd say it comes down to upfront cost. All else equal, go big. As said earlier, there is no such thing as too much HP. I fly a 200HP -8, and ever since I flew a 310 HP Rocket a few weeks ago, I can hardly even look at the -8 anymore.