earlwb

To insert a picture, there is a icon on the quick reply box, just to the left of the You Tube icon. You click on it and you can paste in the URL link to the picture you want to include in the post.  In the regular reply screen they use a different icon for including pictures, but it works the same.

Now you need to post the picture on some website like PhotoBucket.com for example. Then you copy the URL link for the picture and paste it into the little pop up window when you click on the icon here.

when i was last looking at metals specs, brass appeared to have a higher tensile strength than aluminum did. So it may not be all that bad to use a brass connecting rod. Especially since these engines don't rev up all that much anyway.

Thanks for your thoughts. I had done a few RC glow engine conversions and since those engines had piston rings on them, it seemed like a reasonable idea to maybe try it. I am still thinking about it.