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Greetings,
Well, after 9 weeks, with
no word of when my turbo would arrive, I decided to cancel the
order. Yes, as amazing as it sounds, I've now floundered back to
the non-turbo plan. I won't bore you with all the decision process,
but the bottom line is that I'll get the plane back to a far more reasonable
weight and balance without the turbo. If I need (relative term) more
power, I'll just get one of Tracy's 2..85 drives, and turn up the RPM's to 7500
or so. The engine is ported, and Bruce said it would make
good power to that RPM. I figure I can get all the power I could
want, with less risk to the engine. I won't have the high
altitude advantage that a turbo would give, but realistically, I don't
fly much over 10k ft anyway.
In other news,
I received my one way valves from McMaster Carr today.
They're 12 oz each, which seems pretty heavy, but they're fairly
compact, have good specs, and were only $20 each. I'm sure
they'll work fine.
Cheers,
Rusty (should have paid
attention to Ed's intake info
<g>)
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