[F500] AMW engines

[fmod]

George, I agree with Art.  I came close to buying a AMW.  But until they
solve the problem with the carbs, they may only be good for boat anchors.  I
think they do have protential, but until a few problems are worked out, I
would stay away.

BobbyJ
#5 Fmod in NER
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "A. E. Trier" <qre-shadow at juno.com>
To: <f500 at f500.org>
Cc: <f500 at f500.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 7:16 PM
Subject: Re: [F500] AMW engines


> George,
>
> The last version of the AMW was much better then the earlier ones. You
> might want to check which version you may be looking at. They are
> basically all the same design but the newer ones corrected problems that
> caused the earlier ones to come unglued. They used the race program as a
> development tool :-(. They tended to lean out in mid range and burn up
> pistons. If you're racing, I'd probably recommend that you stay away from
> them. If you're autoxing, you have a better chance of keeping it together
> but..........no guarantees. Very few people are willing now to invest the
> time and money running them. That's why they are usually quite
> inexpensive.
>
> Art
>
> On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 18:30:31 -0500 George Harmuth <harmug at us.ibm.com>
> writes:
> > I'm new to F500s last year was the first time I even knew the class
> > existed. My Zink has a kaw 440 in it and I'm looking for a
> > competitive
> > motor. I've been following the 493/494/raving debate here with
> > interest,
> > but right now, what looks like a good deal on a AMW motor is in the
> > F500
> > classifieds. I've heard bad things about the AMW, but nothing
> > specific. Is
> > any AMW motor evil and not to be touched or was it just certain
> > models?
> > I've looked in the archives, but there's too much info there. Can
> > one you
> > folks experienced with AMW shine some light on this for me?
> >
> > Thanks
> > mike
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