I just made a deposit on a new long block 2180 for my KR2.
I am in the Seattle area and virtualy surrounded by mountains. I have only 150 hours PIC, but in a pretty wide variety of craft (C-150, Musketeer, C-172, Champ, C-120, C-150 Long range, beech 1900 etc... All of them seem (except the 1900) to run out of "guts" at about 9K feet. I can't remember ever making 10k feet, they all were naturally aspirated. Going over a 4k to 6k mountain range just to leave town leaves me wanting to clear those "Don't land here" speed bumps by oh, say, 5k or 6k ft. Can't get there from "naturally aspirated" here. I am not a speed or performance demon. I fly like I drive: sort of slow and methodical. But I want to clear those rocks (and the bigger ones east of there) by a wider margin. So,, I want a turbo charger. I can find one, but I have not been able to find a controller for the waste gate that will limit the intake manifold pressure to 29.92 inches of mercury. Or I suppose open the waste gate at 3700 rpm. Any ideas? Thanks jg
