clare at snyder.on.ca wrote in message
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On Sat, 2 Dec 2006 17:34:22 -0000, "karel"
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"karel" wrote in message
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their website says
"il donne 53 CV à 5000 t/mn, pour 80 kg nu."

more from their website:

"Très facile à trouver en occasion pour 300 euros ou en échange standard
pour 1 500 euros contre 13 000 euros pour un Rotax, et pas plus compliqué
qu'un
bon vieux VW."

this engine is easily found secondhand for 300 euro's or 1500 for a
factory
rebuild, as apposed to 13000 euro's for a Rotax. And no more complicated
than a good old Volkswagen engine.

I have some issues he I wouldn't like to fly behind an engine savaged
from a junkyard for 300 euro's, not unless profoundly revised which would
probably be most expensive except for those who can do it themselves. OTOH
1500 euro's for a factory rebuild sounds like a nice deal!

Not a word on the reduction, though, or I should have missed it.

The scrapyard engine could be totally beat, or it may have been
replaced just days before the vehicle was damaged beyond repair -
making it a virtually brand new engine -- or anything in between. I've
seen some REAL GOOD engines sell cheap at the scrapyard,(and bought a
few) and I've paid top dollar for some pretty crappy ones (which were
returned).

Agreed, but that's exactly my point:
if you're not an expert, how can you tell them apart?
And the O/P seems to consider shipping one
from Europe to the US, so a return is not that easy
and certainly not free.
That's why I would prefer the factory rebuild option.