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Old June 21st 04, 10:21 PM
Martin Kosina
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I would imagine the '82 is the same?. I (personally) wouldn't touch that
engine/airframe combination with a "10-meter cattle prod." It's notorious
for roasting cylinders, cooking turbos, and has an extremely twitchy throttle
response due to the turbo lag/boost.


As I recall, this was essentially the Av. Consumer's conclusion as
well - the TSIO-360/PA-28R airframe has been a problematic match in
the hands of less than careful, low-altitude operators. At 1100 SMOH
and unknown history, you should probably consider it a near-runout.
But, with a fresh engine and good engine instrumentation, it can
probably be managed. I know there aren't many other candidates in this
price range, the TR182's are expensive, straight-leg T182s are rare,
and not many 177RG's have been converted yet, either.