I wish i could find a corvair engine in Europe. Importing a engine i will have to pay the price plus $500 for transport. Then on top of that for all the spares plus transport. Looking at Subaru now because it is easier to find in Europe.
--- Mark Langford <[email protected]> wrote: > Doug Rupert wrote: > > >The Corvair is a better choice but cores are > getting harder to find without > spending large dollars.< > > I've paid exactly a hundred bucks for all four of > the Corvair engines that > I've bought. The MOST I've ever heard of anybody > paying for one was $500, > and that's the only one. $300 is considered "high". > They are somewhat > difficult to find immediately, but if you don't mind > waiting a month or two, > one will come up. Probably once a month somebody > comes up with a few on the > CorvAircraft list, and offers them to the other > listers at no profit. They > are usually $100-200. Even $500 may sound high, but > when you consider that > you'll have about $2500 in parts in it when you're > done, the original > purchase price just about pales into insignificance. > The closest "Corsa" > chapter is another excellent place to find engines > too. That's where I got > mine, located 90 miles away in Birmingham. There's > a little more info on > this at > http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/corvair/donors.html > . > > I'll confess that they are sufficiently hard to find > that I bought four > (just in case I decide to build a twin next), but > cost is not a real issue, > unless you want one TODAY... > > Mark Langford, Huntsville, AL > N56ML at hiwaay.net > see KR2S project N56ML at > http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford > > > _______________________________________ > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to > [email protected] > please see other KRnet info at > http://www.krnet.org/info.html > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
