OK all you Contender lovers,

I'm just about ready to start building mine and I am considering mounting the engine almost inverted (cylinder at about the five-o-clock position) to get the center-line of the tank closer to the needle valve level. So my question is would this be necessary? It just seems to me that with the upright engine and the tank located as shown on the plans, the motor will go too lean when the fuel runs low at the end of the tank. BTW, I'll be using a ST .51 with a home-made mousse-can muffler.

Besides that, with the chin cowl/mock air-scoop underneath it seems the perfect place to hide the motor.

I welcome all comments and advise.

Thanks!