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Old 03-16-2003, 01:29 AM
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Default I did it! the lightest 56cc engine around

<How much is a warranty and future support and repair worth? I'd say. . every penny of th price difference in the two engines. >

Those of us who are doing engine conversions couldn't care less about a warranty. If the ignition fails, I'll send it to Terry and let him fix it, if I smoke a piston and rings I'll go down to the local saw shop and get replacements for about 1/3 the price of the fancy motor, if I bore it straight in wide open, I'll build another motor. Sure the DA is pretty, but I can't see it under my cowl while I'm flying. So the DA or ZDZ hovers a 16lb plane at half throttle and my Poulan 54 has to use 5/8 throttle, it doesn't bother me. But I'm not paying $400 more so I can say I have a warranty.