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Hey Bruce,

Holy sh*t!  Your drive unit looks *amazing* man… Now that’s impressive.  I love the cooling can wooden stand as well.  Applause dude… can’t wait until your ignition and oil pan arrives to see your drive unit in action.

I haven’t heard back from Mona yet, probably will tomorrow.   I’ll tell you this Bruce… that drill starter adapter IS needed.  I’ve had zero issues running my whippet on nitro & castor, but the one time I tried the RCEXL ignition, I didn’t get it to start.  I didn’t have too much time to play with it, but I did retard the ignition without any luck or help getting it to pop over… that’s when I started researching a belt to help start the engine until I get it figured out and broken in.  Compression isn’t a problem; it’s got plenty.  How much gap do you think the points should have?  I’ve got great spark when I crank it with the plug out, but am thinking it’s gotta be ignition timing that’s what is preventing getting it started on 25:1 ethanol free Tru Fuel.

Any ideas or advice you could give me would be really appreciated. 

I really hope Enginediy comes clean with you about the bolt on drill start one-way adapter.  It would make starting so much easier.   I probably wound the rope…25-30 times with no luck. 😕

I’m sure I could have my machinist cross-drill a spacer-washer and I could mount the Cison V2 one way bearing adapter, but hoping you or me gets some info from Enginediy & Stirlingkit first.

Again, you’ve got an incredible looking little setup. Very nicely done, man

-j