Hello everyone I just got my first evolution gasser in the other day and i was wondering if the masses out there had the same reaction i did when i saw the engine for the first time.

My knee jerk reaction was along the lines of what are they trying to do here. The choke is on a spring which doesnt stay closed, hmm so i called Horizon and asked them what is the deal with their choke set up. The answer i got is the choke should stay closed for starting purposes and as soon as you advance the throttle it will open via the spring. I informed the Tech Rep that the choke on my engine isnt staying closed, and he gave me the same ole story about send it back and they will fix etc etc. Well I told my friends about the spring on the choke and what horizon's plans where with that and starting the engine. When they finaly got thier engines in they had the same issue the choke wont stay closed! So either we recieved 3 faulty engines or the people at horizon are either A. lying to us about their product. or B. Dont know what there talking about.

My question to the masses out there is how did you over come the Choke spring issue ie keeping the choke closed for starting the engine. And what did you do about the throttle did you bend wire around the engine to get at the throttle or did you reinvent the evolution 26gt by adding some kind of attachment to the throttle arm on the engine.

In my opinion and I havent run the engine yet, but just upon looking at the engine i dont think Horizon or whomever designed the engine did a very good job at all.

Thanks

Matt Landers