Matt's RV-7 Project

This morning I got a call from the freight company telling me that the engine was waiting at the dock, so after work John helped me bring it home using his pickup. Then, he and Scott helped me get the 400 pound crate into the garage. Behold:

Shiny:

More shiny:

Shiny here too:

Mattituck Red Gold engines are built from start to finish by one technician, who then signs his name in gold on the case. Good job, Pat.

Unfortunately the huge crate was taking up more than its fair share of the garage, so I broke it down and put my little card table over the top of it so I can use the area for plans and parts. The engine will hide under there till I need it.

I'm thinking of calling it the "Limited Edition Lycoming Executive Desk". Take that, MotoArt!

Thanks to John and Scott for all the help getting this thing into its new home.

I called Larry Vetterman and ordered an exhaust system for my engine. It's the same thing that Van's sells for $935 plus shipping, but by going straight to the manufacturer I was able to get it for $850 delivered.

I wanted to use the new kind that has built-in mufflers, but he said the mufflers won't fit if you have a forward-facing injector like mine. Oh well.

I ordered my engine from Mattituck today:

• TMX IO-360 with roller tappets
• ECI Titan cylinders with nickel carbide barrels
• 9:1 compression pistons
• Precision Airmotive Silverhawk fuel injection system
• Aluminum oil sump with forward facing induction
• Red Gold performance package (included with roller tappet option)
• One impulse-coupled Slick magneto
• One Lightspeed Plasma III electronic ignition
• Skytec high torque inline starter

Scheduled delivery is for the third week in January.