Recent content by Lars N

Does it respond perfect to the throttle: nope! Do I have the occasional short in the distributor : Yep! Is the timing perfect: nope! But does it run: YES !!! I have had some real problems getting this particular engine to run. Redone seats, valves, piston rings, points etc trying methodically...

Thank you all for your replies! Peter, That is great. My PA28 is a -76. I enjoy flying models as well and my original plan was to put my mercedes engine to use in one, but even though it runs good enough, I think, having a watercooled engine in a model is asking for too much trouble :) I would...

Hi Peter, Thank you for your reply. You are absolutely right about the castings. I bought them from Heinz quite a few years ago, and had some correspondence with him during the build. I did see the castings listed on "the engineers emporium" in the UK now. If anyone is interested I think I...

Hello, I am a new member and thought I would share some pictures of my engines I have finished so far. They are all pretty good runners except for the sealion which still needs work Please bear with me, I am not sure the pictures will show in the right order, not an expert IT guy :) Pic1: A...

Thank you for the warm welcome! I will share some pictures on my engines in the completed section! Thank you Lars

Hello My name is Lars and I would like to introduce myself First, I would like to thank everyone for so much help and tips over the years when browsing this forum. What we do is becoming uncommon these days and it certainly is nice to be able to go to a friendly forum like this and see that...