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darinh
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 Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 12:15 pm Post subject: Ram Engines Experience? |
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Does anyone have experience with the Ram Engines 140hp EA81 Subaru? I am contemplating this engine for my Series 7 and would like to hear the good and the bad about it as it would pertain to a series 5, 6 or 7. I have read plenty about the NSI engines and people seem to either like them or hate them but I understand this is a completely different setup from the NSI. Ram actually reworks there engines completely and engineers them for aircraft use (that is what is said on the website anyway). I would likely be sticking a IFA prop on the end like the Airmasters or the IVO.
Any info would be great on this particular setup and actual performance numbers would be even better.
Thanks guys (and gals if there are any),
Darin H.
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| Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 1:29 pm Post subject: Ram Engines Experience? |
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My personal opinion is they (RON) has lost the bubble. Maybe when he
first started and was mostly hands on doing quality work himself it was
a good company. Now he has helpers and all the problems associated with
it. Quality control is non existent. I not going into all the details
but suffice it to say I will not send him any more work nor will I buy
anything from him. He is however a nice man and has always done the
right thing, fix, replace, refund ect, just to much time and work on my
part for what should have been right the first time. Especially
considering what these engines are going in. Maybe your luck will be
better and maybe he has in proved the quality. Just not going back
myself.
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GENTRYLL(at)aol.com
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| Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 2:30 pm Post subject: Ram Engines Experience? |
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I own an NSI Subaru in a Model IV. I could not keep it flying due to plug fouling and running too rich. It had an Ellison ESF-2 TB carb on it. Both NSI and Ellison said run the fuel pressure at 4 to 5 psi. I lost 18 months of flying time fooling with it. I called the guys at Ram and told them I wanted to change my entire intake/carb setup for that he uses on his engine as I had had enough. He asked one simple question and that was how much fuel pressure I was running. I said 4 to 5 just like NSI and Ellison said to run. Ram said as much as I would like to sell you my stuff, try cutting the pressure back to 1.5 and see how it does. I ran a bypass line and reduced the pressure to 1.25 and it has run perfectly since. My next will be a Ram Conversion.
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Michael Logan
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| Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 5:11 am Post subject: Ram Engines Experience? |
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I have experience with RAM engines and it has been nothing but good. I saw
the email from someone (I deleted it) that said he would not go to Ron again
because of bad quality control. At least he makes good on all the problems
that might come up. When you first start up and get swamped by work, like
we have put on Ron, you have to expand and it takes time to get all the
employees up to speed with quality. At least Ron owns up to his mistakes
and fixes them. I remember Lance at NSI saying every time I called with a
problem that it had never happened before, but he had a fix for it right
then (very strange). Of course you had to pay full price for the fix and
there were lots of others that had the same problem. Lance did not know
Subaru engines very well and his QC on the engine itself was terrible. Ron
KNOWS Subaru engines and is always striving to improve on them. He knows
what can be improved and what can't. He is also very willing to help out
with any problems you might have, whether you got your engine from him or
not.
Mike Logan
S5 formerly NSI SHO (boat anchor) now RAM (stump puller)
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