April 17, 2005

Well, it happened! The engine is ordered! The choice was an easy one to make after talking with the various engine people. It was to be the TMX IOF-360! At Sun N Fun, they were offering free shipping and the appearance package. Worked out pretty good. Options we took were the forward facing sump (Ryton lightweight sump, rather than the aluminium version) and Titan cylinders. We went for the Titan cylinders over the Superior ones for the NiCasil bores that are more durable and more corrosion resistant. I also spec’d an inline starter from the Sky-Tec people. Now I can’t wait until it arrives!

So, in the heat of it all, I didn’t really get much in the way of pictures apart from a disassembled engine and a cut away cylinder. Well, here they are anyways.

These are all the parts laid out on the bench… This one has the standard sump.

Here is a cut away of the Titan cylinder assembly. This was on the ECi stand.

I stole this one from Mattituck’s site… I’m sure they won’t mind the publicity! These are the standard colours.