Bill,
My refrence to the " Pre- Mecoa", I should have clarified that the K&B engines I had tested were before the company was bought by Randy.
My Refrence to "anything Mecoa" not making it into the club, I should have clarified that any engine with mecoa cast into it, not the entire umbrella of the brand names Randy ownes. I ran the 46 and 61 Mecoa brand name engines and they were OK, nothing spectacular but made it past the 70 gallon mark before they just wore out. I have heard nothing bad about the K&B's, and HP's he's producing, but have not run them either
I have an HB 61 PDP engine, its my own, not a test engine, it is from before Randy bought that company too, it still runs great, I do not have a Mecoa built HB 61

I am sorry for any misunderstanding, I should have been a bit more specific when referring to the above.