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"I had the same VERY old rocker arms of same vintage that Fred had in his."

Is there something else that needs said? What excuse (I'll give the benefit of doubt here as perhaps the word needs to be reason) could be given for putting very old rocker arms in a rebuild? Very old rocker arms of unknown service length (if not new) should be tossed. If new and of old vintage, it should be examined for SBs or what ever document pertinent. If they’re acceptable, they’re acceptable.

Not answering phone calls of a query or a complaint, if a solution is unresolved, is inexcusable. Service is a benefit of paying big bucks for work. A paid for benefit. Answering the phone is one way of displaying acceptance of responsibility. Acceptance of responsibility is more than a yellow tag with a signature.

After all this discussion and sharing of experience – which experience do you think you might get? Enough said?

Why pursue this further?
Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of John Barrett
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 9:15 AM
To: lml@lancaironline.net
Subject: [LML] Re: Shipping the Performance Engine

It's intriguing to see the input regarding this thread. I'm curious about

the marked differences in experience from those in the Fred Moreno camp to

those in the Dennis Johnson camp. It would certainly be useful to know the

statistics. For instance, how many have what they consider good engines

from Performance Engines and how many do not? How many have had early

overhauls and at how many hours and so on? How many engines has Barrett

Performance Aircraft overhauled (and/or others) at what hours and how many

of those were deemed OK (didn't really need the overhaul or IRAN)? Could

manufacture date be a significant factor in the differences? Were there

changes at Performance Engines at some point that brought about the

problems? Have those been corrected and are the current engines being built

any better?

One issue is that their (Performance Engine's) reticence to talk with

customers once the money is paid hurts their credibility. I have firsthand

experience with this problem and I gave up trying to contact them two or

three years ago once Stuart Featherstone left the company.

Clearly from the aluminum my engine has been making, tear down is the only

choice, but I don't have a clue yet, what is causing the aluminum wear or if

Performance Engines did anything suspect to bring this about. I do know

that I had the same VERY old rocker arms of same vintage that Fred had in

his. I removed and had them magna fluxed: they all passed. Will know more

later.

Good luck with those Karma gods, Dennis.

John Barrett

LIVP - 55 hours.

-----Original Message-----

From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of

Dennis Johnson

Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 4:47 AM

To: lml@lancaironline.net

Subject: [LML] Re: Shipping the Performance Engine

As another data point, I have 550 hours on my Performance Engines IO-550

without problems and I know others with similar experience. Mine was not a

racing engine.

Of course, posting this message will certainly induce the karma gods to make

my engine fail on my flight tomorrow!

Dennis

Legacy, 550 hours

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