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Jim Sower wrote:
> <... all has to come out for CG reasons.  ...>
> I'd be really ambivalent about a sprag clutch or any "disengage" 
> mechanism on the grounds of reliability.  Seems like gawd awful failure 
> modes.
> Just a theory ... Jim S.
> 
> 
> Ernest Christley wrote:
> 
>> The guy that sold me my engine was planning on it.  He has the whole 
>> clutch assembly in there.  Told me that I could put in a lever and 
>> disengage the prop for starting.  Too bad it all has to come out for 
>> CG reasons.
>>

8*)  Not a sprag clutch, Jim.  The actual, Mazda stock manual 
transmission clutch.  He was needing weight in the nose, and figured the 
clutch assembly would help with the torque pulses.

But I whole heartedly agree with your analysis.  The entire center of 
the 'drivetrain' will be swapped out to the automatic transmission setup.


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