John wrote: >> I have found a covair engine 140hp in the back of a old junk yard. How much should I offer/pay for it? It looks like it has been there since 1990. Is this engine good for use in a KR2? Can any one help me! <<
You do not want a 140 hp Corvair engine for flight purposes, but you CAN go ahead and buy it, and sell the 140 heads to a Corvair nut and trade them for 110 hp heads. The 140 engine has valves that are prone to falling out, and don't put out as much power at 3600 as the 110. 140's are much more valuable to them, and 110's are more plentiful, so that's not a bad deal. It will certainly get you going. You're going to have to tear it down anyway, so I'd jump on it if the price is right. For more info, visit http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/corvair/donors.html . I paid exactly $100 for each of the four that I have, although I know of people who've spent as much as $500. $100-$250 is more common. In the grand scheme of things, if you paid $300 for it, that's still only about 10% of the overall price of the completed engine cost. But people are usually pretty proud of the 140's, so I doubt you'll buy it for less than $500. You need to join the CorvAircraft list, visit http://www.corvaircraft.com/ . Engines pop up all over the country there, and we tend to share the sources... Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama N56ML "at" hiwaay.net see KR2S project at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford
