> The reason I was looking at the 3100 was not because of the HP but more of > the power and grunt at lower RPM's in addition to the 9 LBS savings using > the VW jugs.
I think the real number is closer to 5 pounds. > Mark, now that you have a little time on your ship, how many gallons per > hour are you burning? That's hard to say, since most of my time has been touch and goes, with no long distance travel (I'm limited to 40 mile travel distance until the 40 hours is flown off. >IF you had it to do over, would you still run with a > 3100? Probably, but I wouldn't recommend it to mere mortals. A few weeks ago I had dragged out my spare 95 hp engine and was very close to rebuilding it as a 2700cc engine, if that gives you a clue. I could go either way... Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net
