ORIGINAL: knucklebutt
O.K. heres the report: I just stumbled accross an product report on the 160 twin by Clarence Lee. Yeah good ole Clarence
he lists the rpm range for all the props listed in the manual
the 18X8 turned 7400 for him so I am at least 1000 off. So back to the engine to find the culprit !!!!!!
did I mention I just love to work on engines !!!! I mean why go fly when you have a an engine just waiting to be torn apart ??
Denis (on his way to the work bench)
I have the same engine...
I purchased used. Ran once back in 2007, and placed back in a box.......
It sat in there untill it was sold to me!.....
As you all know 10+ years of sediment means I should at the very least turn it over without the plugs.....
Yep.... Everything is bound up very much....
Tore it completely apart....Everything was cleaned and polished....
The engine has a C&H ignition on it.... and has some gas run through it....
I have been running manual specified fuel through it.....Gas fuel through a Alcohol/nitro carb means very touchy
settings and I do not want to worry about that right now...
It has the airbleed type carb (now discontinued) and does have some loading in the midrange.....
People have commented that the new carb is the way to go....so I may order it up....
I will let you know what I get out of my engine......
I have not checked with a tach as of yet,,, I will post results....