Dear altavillan thank you for your interest. I 'm going to answer all your questions.
the engine starts after 3-4 flicks. fuel remains in the line after shut down.
the engine died suddenly in level flight at 50% throttle.
it turned after the flameout and had the usual compression. the sensor and needles were set by the instructions and for best performance.
there is a fairly big cut out on the firewall for the carb intake which has a ZDZ venturi fitted.
I 'm going to start the engine today and give more info on its performance after the flame out.
thats all for now...