So at some point down the distant road, I'm going to need an engine.
With Lycoming raising the prices of their new engines thru the roof, it looks like I'll need to do something different than that.
Are salvage engines a good place to start?
Looking at another sales site, you see all kinds of available engines from salvage outfits.
Let's assume there is an O-360 there for $10K, and nearly runout, so essentially you're buying a complete core. Let's also assume (BIG assumption here) that all the parts are acceptable to overhaul with the exception of the cylinders which will be bought new and installed on said engine.
In the interest in learning, I would be doing all the leg work to disassemble and send the parts out for inspection and then probably hiring a local shop to assemble all the bits.
Can this actually save any money compared to buying new? Or going to one of the bigger shops (LyCon, Aerosport, Barrettes) with a shopping list of parts and paying large sums of money? Or am I just wasting my time and I'll end up spending as much as a new engine and ending up with a overhaul?
Does anyone have any first hand knowledge of what it takes to overhaul a core, $$$ wise?
Didn't IronFlight just do this for Mikey? I'd bet he's writing an article about it now....
Laird
With Lycoming raising the prices of their new engines thru the roof, it looks like I'll need to do something different than that.
Are salvage engines a good place to start?
Looking at another sales site, you see all kinds of available engines from salvage outfits.
Let's assume there is an O-360 there for $10K, and nearly runout, so essentially you're buying a complete core. Let's also assume (BIG assumption here) that all the parts are acceptable to overhaul with the exception of the cylinders which will be bought new and installed on said engine.
In the interest in learning, I would be doing all the leg work to disassemble and send the parts out for inspection and then probably hiring a local shop to assemble all the bits.
Can this actually save any money compared to buying new? Or going to one of the bigger shops (LyCon, Aerosport, Barrettes) with a shopping list of parts and paying large sums of money? Or am I just wasting my time and I'll end up spending as much as a new engine and ending up with a overhaul?
Does anyone have any first hand knowledge of what it takes to overhaul a core, $$$ wise?
Didn't IronFlight just do this for Mikey? I'd bet he's writing an article about it now....
Laird