big difference between a car engine and one made for aircraft or boat use
not many cars ask their engine for over 20% of the available hp on a continous basis
certainly a lot of boats and airplanes ask well over 80% of the available hp on a continous basis
and it takes some good parts as well as design to hold up to that duty.
don't think we will ever see a new oem quality lister ever again, which leaves one of two things
1. take it as a kit and rebuild it to oem standards, or
2. pay someone else to do it for you
that is of course if you need oem quality and lifespan to start with?
there is a huge number of folks that only need their engine to run a week or so per year
even an old sand motor will probably last several years called to this level of intermittent duty.
probably less than 5% of all these engine's will ever be asked to produce max power on anything like continous
basis 24/7/365 for years on end.
because of this it is not likely there will be a large enough market in building these engines to a high standard.
most folks really don't need it, and are unwilling or unable to pay for it anyway.
realistically these engine's should be seen as a hobby that can with a bit of work do useful work if called on to do so.
as for the redstone, there is far less work to do than what i have seen with some of the listeroids.
all things considered, dollars per hp, dollars per work required to make right, etc the redstone beats the socks off
of any listeroid in its hp class.
maybe not an engine for everyone? not sure everyone has a use for the amount of power available? even at low
rpm it is still probably good for 12hp continous.
i hope it takes off and finds its niche, as i am sure it will.
bob g
