I really don't see what the big deal is....Top Gun Aircraft had/has lots of both version of this engine the WHOLE time this "boycott" of OS was going on. And now that the engine is
just "temporarily unavailable" from Tower....TGA
still has lots of engines! Probably cheaper than Tower too. So point your browser over to TGA and just buy one.....or two, then you will be set for quite a while, unless you ruin them.
BTW, if were gonna buy one from someone at an increased price because you thought they were not available new....thats your fault, not the person selling it. If you can't make a few more mouse clicks to see who had them, well.....you know what they say about a fool and their money....
sheesh