ColoRv
Well Known Member
It is amazing to me how much time can be spent agonizing over one decision. A while back it was the panel, and after taking the mental path from one end of the spectrum to the other I ended up with Garmin and Stein accepting bone marrow deposits regularly. It's interesting how the second after actually making the decision...I felt relieved at having done so.
This engine decision was much the same. Angle valve or parallel, new or used, rebuild it myself or send it out....sheesh. Well, the decision was made Friday morning and the engine, such as it is, sits in my basement....and I'm finished worrying about it. My local engine guru and trusted advisor Ryan Bendure had a neighbor who had a friend who was selling an angle valve project after deciding to go with a parallel instead. He was kind enough to give me a hellova deal on it.
A mixture of new parts (crank, cam, pistons, valves, Pmags etc) and overhauled parts will be assembled by me and Ryan in the near future. I'm offsetting some of the weight with a maxi-sump, whirlwind prop and light accessories. That sump is a chunk of change (which hurts) but all in I should come out with an angle valve around 19k.
My thanks to Ryan for always fielding my uninformed questions and for finding the engine. He walked me through the decision to overhaul rather than buy new and for some reason still answers my calls. We will build it at his hanger under the shadow of his beautiful, newly minted and flying Rocket once I have painted the overhauled case, gathered the remaining parts and visited the anodizer. It's pretty exciting seeing that stack of boxes finally sitting next to my project and while my wife can't fathom my excitement, I thought you guys would. It came home the same day my hangermate Bob received his spanking new gorgeous IO-375. Its Denver Enginefest 2013!
I think I'll unwrap everything for a photoshoot today. Smile baby, make love to the camera...show me those curvy cylinders....
Maybe I should leave it in the boxes.
This engine decision was much the same. Angle valve or parallel, new or used, rebuild it myself or send it out....sheesh. Well, the decision was made Friday morning and the engine, such as it is, sits in my basement....and I'm finished worrying about it. My local engine guru and trusted advisor Ryan Bendure had a neighbor who had a friend who was selling an angle valve project after deciding to go with a parallel instead. He was kind enough to give me a hellova deal on it.
A mixture of new parts (crank, cam, pistons, valves, Pmags etc) and overhauled parts will be assembled by me and Ryan in the near future. I'm offsetting some of the weight with a maxi-sump, whirlwind prop and light accessories. That sump is a chunk of change (which hurts) but all in I should come out with an angle valve around 19k.
My thanks to Ryan for always fielding my uninformed questions and for finding the engine. He walked me through the decision to overhaul rather than buy new and for some reason still answers my calls. We will build it at his hanger under the shadow of his beautiful, newly minted and flying Rocket once I have painted the overhauled case, gathered the remaining parts and visited the anodizer. It's pretty exciting seeing that stack of boxes finally sitting next to my project and while my wife can't fathom my excitement, I thought you guys would. It came home the same day my hangermate Bob received his spanking new gorgeous IO-375. Its Denver Enginefest 2013!
I think I'll unwrap everything for a photoshoot today. Smile baby, make love to the camera...show me those curvy cylinders....
Maybe I should leave it in the boxes.
