Friday I received the 2 B/S engines that I ordered from [email protected]. These are brand new power heads. I started stripping one of them down last night. The complete unit as received weighed 8 lbs. After removing the plastic shrouds with recoil starter and tank, the weight was 6 lbs. Then, since I am going to run this engine as gas/glow, I remove the coil, flywheel/mag, air filter, spark plug, and muffler. The weight has dropped to 4 lb 3 oz. There is still a good bit of casting that I will remove from the front of the case, so it is possible to get the weight under 4 lbs. I did run the other engine on the gas/glow mixture and it cranked easily with the recoil starter, but was a bit too lean with the methanol in the mix. I may drill out the main jet (it is fixed), but will probably put a 2 needle carburetor on it to allow for changing conditions. It is extremely quiet with the stock muffler on it.

Gary