"Bret Ludwig" wrote in message
ps.com...

Because most homebuilders today are affluent retirees and yuppies the
market has become cost-insensitive. Most designs popular today are
designed around the overpriced museum piece Lycoming engine because it
is faster and less hassle to use one.

or designed around over-rare VW engines that 20 years ago were in abundance

(till homebuilders got to them!)