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1. 06:30 AM - Re: AutoFlight (Hinde, Frank George (Corvallis))
2. 06:53 AM - Re: oil dipstick (LarryMcFarland)
3. 07:15 AM - Re: AutoFlight (Hinde, Frank George (Corvallis))
4. 07:32 AM - Re: oil dipstick (Hinde, Frank George (Corvallis))
5. 01:07 PM - Re: AutoFlight (gary)
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Now the big question...How does Autoflight install the valve guides in
the EA 82? Would hate for you to have to go thru all the valve guide
slippage pain all over again.
Frank
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[mailto:owner-stratus-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of gary
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 6:06 PM
Sure...strip your engine down and Have Ram Performance rebuild it as a
150HP motor. I think the EA81 is quite a bit lighter than the EA 82 plus
Ron is rightly getting an awesome reputaion for his work. A lot of this
depends on the cost.
- exactly - cost. I have an EA-82 for free, and can rebuild it
for cheap. Then I get the heads and drive and that's affordable for me.
Besides, I want that gear drive anyway for the Airmaster. You're right
about the weight, that's the downside. He'll be doing a 160HP turbo too
but I'd rather stay away from that.
Autoflight??...I got a feeling that might be the drive that Ram provides
in any case.
- Yes, Ron was using the AutoFlight drive. He also used
Marcotte because that's what Glenn Crowder has. Tulsa Tom has a RAM
engine with a Ross drive, and now I think Ron is using something else.
Anyway, AutoFlight is Neil Hintz who designed the SUB4 stuff.
Frank
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[mailto:owner-stratus-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of gary
Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 7:37 PM
I'm a dipstick! A friend that looked over my engine years ago before
first flight recommended making some sort of keeper for the dipstick. I
never did. The other day, I took a couple laps around the racetrack and
smelt oil. Landed and saw oil running down the side. The dipstick came
out and made a mess. After checking, I realized that it was a lot
easier to pull out than it used to be. After two hours of cleaning, I
made a lanyard for it.
Just a heads up if anyone is flying without a retainer for it. Make one
now!
Stratus for sale! I'm buying a 140 HP AutoFlight EA-82.
In the mean time, I'm ordering an Airmaster and will try running it on
the Stratus drive. Any comments?
gary
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| Subject: | Re: oil dipstick |
--> Stratus-List message posted by: LarryMcFarland <larry@macsmachine.com>
Gary,
My experience was that using easier flow filters in lieu of foam with
the Ram Performance
heads put the engine lean at high rpms. You may be running in balance
unloaded at 3000
or less, but getting very high EGTs in flight. I have good history
using a 2.76 needle-jet, a #176 main
-jet, a #40 idle jet and a standard CV needle with the circlip on the
3rd-notch.
I'd recommend you check what jet sizes you have and get a good EGT
reading sometime
down the road. Lot of people disregard EGTs but really it's the best
running info you can
get for this engine.
Larry McFarland - 601HDS at www.macsmachine.com
gary wrote:
>--> Stratus-List message posted by: "gary" <gkrysztopik@satx.rr.com>
>
>Larry,
>
>Not sure what happened. There is always the possibility that I'm not
>perfect and didn't seat it all the way during preflight but I don't
>think so. I check the oil every flight, which is a couple hundred times
>and it may be just a little looser from wear. But, there may be
>something else going on. I ran it a few times today and got some
>weeping around the oil pan and found it needed retorquing. I also found
>some dripping from the carb with the valve cover vents going to it. I
>took the K&N filters off for cleaning and will run it again tomorrow.
>High crankcase pressure causing all these new leaks? That's why I
>wanted to clean the filters. What else could cause that?
>
>BTW, I got my colortune plug and the mixture is the same as I saw it
>before - a little rich in front and a little lean in back. That's with
>K&N's and RAM heads with no jetting change from stock Stratus. I have
>no EGT's but will be ordering an Advanced Flight System engine monitor
>soon I hope.
>
>
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Not sure a core EA81 is very much money...I don't know for sure but if
it was $200 would that influence your decision?....You could then have
Ram do your machining (on one of his cores) with his very nice dowelled
main bearing case, bored with head plate and heat shrunk stepped valve
guides.
Then assemble the thing yourself using whatever performance goodies you
like. This way you would be sure to get a very strong motor.
Having worked with Ram at length I have discovered there is a big
difference between those who know what they are doing and those who say
they do....Not disparing anyone, just that I KNOW that Ron does
excellent work and having suffered three partial in flight engine
failures I can say that a well made Soob conversion is worth every extra
penny.
Frank
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[mailto:owner-stratus-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of gary
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 6:06 PM
Sure...strip your engine down and Have Ram Performance rebuild it as a
150HP motor. I think the EA81 is quite a bit lighter than the EA 82 plus
Ron is rightly getting an awesome reputaion for his work. A lot of this
depends on the cost.
- exactly - cost. I have an EA-82 for free, and can rebuild it
for cheap. Then I get the heads and drive and that's affordable for me.
Besides, I want that gear drive anyway for the Airmaster. You're right
about the weight, that's the downside. He'll be doing a 160HP turbo too
but I'd rather stay away from that.
Autoflight??...I got a feeling that might be the drive that Ram provides
in any case.
- Yes, Ron was using the AutoFlight drive. He also used
Marcotte because that's what Glenn Crowder has. Tulsa Tom has a RAM
engine with a Ross drive, and now I think Ron is using something else.
Anyway, AutoFlight is Neil Hintz who designed the SUB4 stuff.
Frank
________________________________
[mailto:owner-stratus-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of gary
Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 7:37 PM
I'm a dipstick! A friend that looked over my engine years ago before
first flight recommended making some sort of keeper for the dipstick. I
never did. The other day, I took a couple laps around the racetrack and
smelt oil. Landed and saw oil running down the side. The dipstick came
out and made a mess. After checking, I realized that it was a lot
easier to pull out than it used to be. After two hours of cleaning, I
made a lanyard for it.
Just a heads up if anyone is flying without a retainer for it. Make one
now!
Stratus for sale! I'm buying a 140 HP AutoFlight EA-82.
In the mean time, I'm ordering an Airmaster and will try running it on
the Stratus drive. Any comments?
gary
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--> Stratus-List message posted by: "Hinde, Frank George (Corvallis)" <frank.hinde@hp.com>
Two things....The jetting has no effect on the state of the color tune.
The color tune only indicates mixture at idle, not at higher RPMs and
load. Thus the jets need to be checked based on the Bing manual (tie the
plane to a tree and pull the choke levers method).
As to crankcase pressure I used to get a litlle more oil blow by than I
liked. I SUSPECT that this is due to distortion of the cylinder bores as
the head bolts are torqued. Ram Performance has found significant
distortion and as such he uses a plate that replicates the effect of the
head bolts as he bores out the cylinders.
I can guarantee there are very few (if any) other shops that are doing
this.
Its "little" things like this that would have me send any of my
machining work to Ram Performance if I still owned my Subaru ngine.
Frank
HDS 400 hours sold
RV7a...Very close to flight!
-----Original Message-----
[mailto:owner-stratus-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of
LarryMcFarland
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 6:52 AM
--> Stratus-List message posted by: LarryMcFarland
--> <larry@macsmachine.com>
Gary,
My experience was that using easier flow filters in lieu of foam with
the Ram Performance heads put the engine lean at high rpms. You may be
running in balance unloaded at 3000 or less, but getting very high EGTs
in flight. I have good history using a 2.76 needle-jet, a #176 main
-jet, a #40 idle jet and a standard CV needle with the circlip on the
3rd-notch.
I'd recommend you check what jet sizes you have and get a good EGT
reading sometime down the road. Lot of people disregard EGTs but really
it's the best running info you can get for this engine.
Larry McFarland - 601HDS at www.macsmachine.com
gary wrote:
>--> Stratus-List message posted by: "gary" <gkrysztopik@satx.rr.com>
>
>Larry,
>
>Not sure what happened. There is always the possibility that I'm not
>perfect and didn't seat it all the way during preflight but I don't
>think so. I check the oil every flight, which is a couple hundred
>times and it may be just a little looser from wear. But, there may be
>something else going on. I ran it a few times today and got some
>weeping around the oil pan and found it needed retorquing. I also
>found some dripping from the carb with the valve cover vents going to
>it. I took the K&N filters off for cleaning and will run it again
tomorrow.
>High crankcase pressure causing all these new leaks? That's why I
>wanted to clean the filters. What else could cause that?
>
>BTW, I got my colortune plug and the mixture is the same as I saw it
>before - a little rich in front and a little lean in back. That's with
>K&N's and RAM heads with no jetting change from stock Stratus. I have
>no EGT's but will be ordering an Advanced Flight System engine monitor
>soon I hope.
>
>
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Good point Frank, I'll ask.
gary
-----Original Message-----
[mailto:owner-stratus-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Hinde,
Frank George (Corvallis)
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 8:30 AM
Now the big question...How does Autoflight install the valve guides in
the EA 82? Would hate for you to have to go thru all the valve guide
slippage pain all over again.
Frank
_____
[mailto:owner-stratus-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of gary
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 6:06 PM
Sure...strip your engine down and Have Ram Performance rebuild it as a
150HP motor. I think the EA81 is quite a bit lighter than the EA 82 plus
Ron is rightly getting an awesome reputaion for his work. A lot of this
depends on the cost.
- exactly - cost. I have an EA-82 for free, and can rebuild it
for cheap. Then I get the heads and drive and that's affordable for me.
Besides, I want that gear drive anyway for the Airmaster. You're right
about the weight, that's the downside. He'll be doing a 160HP turbo too
but I'd rather stay away from that.
Autoflight??...I got a feeling that might be the drive that Ram provides
in any case.
- Yes, Ron was using the AutoFlight drive. He also used
Marcotte because that's what Glenn Crowder has. Tulsa Tom has a RAM
engine with a Ross drive, and now I think Ron is using something else.
Anyway, AutoFlight is Neil Hintz who designed the SUB4 stuff.
Frank
_____
[mailto:owner-stratus-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of gary
Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 7:37 PM
I'm a dipstick! A friend that looked over my engine years ago before
first flight recommended making some sort of keeper for the dipstick. I
never did. The other day, I took a couple laps around the racetrack and
smelt oil. Landed and saw oil running down the side. The dipstick came
out and made a mess. After checking, I realized that it was a lot
easier to pull out than it used to be. After two hours of cleaning, I
made a lanyard for it.
Just a heads up if anyone is flying without a retainer for it. Make one
now!
Stratus for sale! I'm buying a 140 HP AutoFlight EA-82.
In the mean time, I'm ordering an Airmaster and will try running it on
the Stratus drive. Any comments?
gary
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