Do brand new big bore Continentals require top end overhaul at 400 hours?

None of the replies indicate any reference to time in service. It's well
known that a well used engine will last a lot
longer than a seldom used engine. 400 hrs in 4 years or 400 hrs in 4 months?
Example: A T210J flown by me needed a top overhaul after 200 hrs because it
had done these 200 hrs in 4 years,
where a TU206G also flown by me went to TBO with no top overhaul because it
did it's 1400 hrs in 2 years.




"Tom S." wrote in message
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"Corky Scott" wrote in message
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On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 08:25:48 -0700, "Tom S." wrote:

So you recall which article stated this? I recall Deakin talking about
all
the Trade-a-Plane copies that had STOH numbers at 800-1200 hrs. The
context
about that was running ROP.

The F33 I'm trying to buy (IO-520) has 3500 hours and never had a TOH
and
was replaced with a REMAN at 1800 hrs the first go round.

If I recall correctly, it was in one of his mixture series of
articles. That at least narrows it down to five.

He did say in a couple of articles (okay...in a LOT oaf articles) that TCM
and Lycoming have sucked at QC over the past 15-20( ?? ) years, but I
can't
remember that 400 hour bit. I do remember the 800-1200 TOH bit, though
that
was more to improper mixture, not QC. I do recall something about their
not
making something or other, and the neither company was worth a damn about
honoring their warranty, but again, IIRC that was to do with ROP AND their
crappy QC.