New Mintors

[jim ivey]

Rookie could struggle and ruin it.
Wanna buy a Webra 145. I'm going back to YS. I can't seem to get used to the throttle response and have to needle with tach too much to make it run consistently.

I have eng with Greves pipe,  Macs header, and Hyde Type "A" mount, a 3 degree manifold block and coupler to go with it. Anyone interested   jivey61 at msn.com

Jim Ivey
----- Original Message -----
From: Henderson,Eric
Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2003 10:31 PM
To: discussion at nsrca.org
Subject: New Mintors

Partially broke-in my Mintor in today with help from Dave Lockhart. Initially the engine was very tight and got hot very quickly.  

I switched to two F plugs and used sport 2-c 15% with 18% oil. Still tight and hard to keep running without overheating. Finally I got a run with a high idle that did not overheat. Then Dave persuaded me to go to full throttle and set it rich. It worked much better this time. A tank later we put it in the air. It ran very rich in the air. Several landings later ... with Dave turning in the needle a click or two at a time.. we got a flight where we could lean it by climbing and cool  down by diving. Round and square loops did the job. Another run on the ground and a slightly leaner run in the air and it was almost running like a 2-c.

The power on a 16 x 12 APC was encouraging and the idle began to be more reliable.. I know the engine was tight before I began but was surprised that I had to be so diligent with the break-in. My question to you experienced Mintor-men is. "Is this usual?" Not complaining, but without my own and David's experience a "Rookie" could struggle...

Regards,

Eric.
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