X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:22:45 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [64.97.157.190] (HELO n034.sc1.he.tucows.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.11) with ESMTP id 2278921 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:08:03 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.97.157.190; envelope-from=micah@froese.com Received: from [192.168.1.101] (71.31.93.47) by n034.sc1.he.tucows.com (7.2.069.1) (authenticated as micah@froese.com) id 467DB62F00AC841E for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:07:26 +0000 X-Original-Message-ID: <46CC977D.8010100@froese.com> X-Original-Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:07:25 -0400 From: Micah Froese User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (Windows/20050317) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List Subject: Re: [LML] What engine would you buy? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Very happy with my Performance IO-550-EXP. One Lightspeed electronic ignition, one mag, 10:1 pistons. The engine is beautiful, a true work of art.

It also performs very well, accordinng to my Chelton, I easily have 1,200 NM range in my Legacy, fuel flows at altitudes of 10-15,000 feet are 10.8 - 12.2 GPH running LOP. It is a very efficient engine. After 200 hours, oil analysis shows very little wear.

Definitely worth the wait,

Micah Froese
Lancair Legacy

Russell wrote:

Hello everyone!

I am a new Lancair Legacy builder, my kit number 251. I am planning to build this kit within one year and I’m wanting to learn from every once experiences. I have two questions What engine builder would you go with and why?

I am looking for an IO-550 that is dependable and has all the performance.

Performance engines? Which I hear has a nice product but I hear this problems with delivery times.

Barrett engines? I hear is more conservative in their building and may be more dependable.

Other?

Thank you for your input.

Russell Steiner

N2AA, Kit 251