Header Question
 

Hey guys,

As I was flying today, my lovely Asano header decided it was going to crap out on me and broke right past the mounting flange on one of the flex rungs. :eek: It was a good header while it lasted, I liked it alot (despite my sarcasm). The only trouble is it is hard to get a hold of them now and they are really expensive. I dunno what went wrong, the engine and pipe were both soft mounted, so it might have been just an issue of old age, although I never have heard of the 2-stroke Asano headers breaking.

Sooo...

I am sitting here looking at the Macs header that I bought with my Webra when I first got the engine from Piedmont models. The only trouble with this (and the reason I used the Asano Header with my pipe) is that it is that the rise is like 2 1/4" if I remember correctly and that's about 3 times as much as I need for my Hydeout. I remember somebody, I think is was Bob Pastorello, posting how to reduce the rise in a header, but I am not all that gung-ho about whipping out the torch and straightening the header out. Does anyone know if I can send the header to Macs and they can adjust it for me or if there is anyone around the pattern world that can fix that? I would really appreciate it.

On a side note, how are you guys setting up your Webra 1.45s? I have had mine for about 250-300 flights and I never really liked the setup that I have. Not to mention the fact that it has been going lean lately and eating about $75 worth of glow plugs, most of which only lasted a flight or two, and generally being a pain in the ass. Is there any way to set up the Webra where you plug off the vent line and put a check valve on it and pressurize the tank like you would a YS? I am interested in tweaking my setup for future reference, although my next engine is going to be an OS 1.40 EFI. A buddy of mine has one NIB with a spare injector that he is gonna be letting me have for less than I can buy just about any other pattern motor for brand new. I have always wanted to get one of these motors and see how they do. Now that people have found out how to get them to quit eating injectors, I really think it will be another viable option. I really like the power and reliability that I HAD been having up until about a month ago with the Webra so I would like to get another one of those in the future. OK, enough rambling. [8D]