MartyH
Veteran
Location: Lawrenceburg, Indiana
| Got the Tiger motor out and converted. I test flew it this morning already and once again, quite an improvement. I was very pleased to see the top of the piston had just a little carbon on it that came off with a little MEK. The cylinder looks great as does the ring and piston. I did the whole conversion and test flight before work this morning. The key to these engines lives must be a matter of backing off from trying to wring the last drop of power from them. I have yet to need to replace a bearing in any of these engines nor have I popped a hole in a piston yet. I ran two engines in a row lean and scuffed thanks to a bad gallon of fuel but have otherwise never had an issue. I never run above 2000rpm headspeed so there must be a durability limit that is short of the power limit.
Marty,
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