HKS-700E

[smjmitchell]

Does anyone have any comments .. good or bad about the HKS-700E engine ?

In particular are there any operators in the group who could tell about
their experiences ...

# hours
problems or failures
performance of the engine
factory/distributor support
quality of the engine and documentation etc
cooling
etc

[bryan chaisone]

No experience, but a question. Are these the same people, HKS, that
make turbos for rice burners?

Bryan

"smjmitchell" > wrote in message >...
> Does anyone have any comments .. good or bad about the HKS-700E engine ?
>
> In particular are there any operators in the group who could tell about
> their experiences ...
>
> # hours
> problems or failures
> performance of the engine
> factory/distributor support
> quality of the engine and documentation etc
> cooling
> etc

[smjmitchell]

I believe so ... .


"bryan chaisone" > wrote in message
om...
> No experience, but a question. Are these the same people, HKS, that
> make turbos for rice burners?
>
> Bryan
>
> "smjmitchell" > wrote in message
>...
> > Does anyone have any comments .. good or bad about the HKS-700E engine ?
> >
> > In particular are there any operators in the group who could tell about
> > their experiences ...
> >
> > # hours
> > problems or failures
> > performance of the engine
> > factory/distributor support
> > quality of the engine and documentation etc
> > cooling
> > etc

[bryan chaisone]

From what I hear, their turbos are very well received. People are
happy with their turbos for cars and bikes. They are a ligitimate
company in that respect. They are probably good with their aircraft
engine too.Probably just as good as Rotax, Cayuna and the rest.

Bryan

"smjmitchell" > wrote in message >...
> I believe so ... .

[GeorgeB]

As a non-pilot techy guy, I hardly feel qualified to reply, but at
least one source is Olenik Aviation http://www.buyitsellitfixit.com/
further, http://www.buyitsellitfixit.com/hks_700-e.htm

His interest is mostly in ultralights, but his numbers make this one
look good for someone who needs an engine in the 60HP range. I don't
know from what it is derived, but they advertise a TBO of 800 hours,
not unlike what some auto conversions seem to like.

At the least, further informstion should be available there.

George

On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:40:15 +1000, "smjmitchell"
> wrote:

>Does anyone have any comments .. good or bad about the HKS-700E engine ?
>
>In particular are there any operators in the group who could tell about
>their experiences ...
>
># hours
>problems or failures
>performance of the engine
>factory/distributor support
>quality of the engine and documentation etc
>cooling
>etc
>
>