Originally Posted by
TiredSoul
Yeah but I don’t want the fuel burn of a 0-320, it’s 2017 we can go fuel injection
The fuel burn of a IO-240 is essentially the same as a 0-200.
Also weight wise I think it’s almost equal.
Here’s a perfect candidate, knock him down another grand or so:
https://www.aerotrader.com/listing/1...150G-123241867
The carburetors on aviation engines are an amazing piece of engineering, fuel efficiency in aviation engines (standard av gas opposed cylinder ones) is far more about leaning the mixture.
Your horsepower is going to depend on how much fuel and air you are combusting. More HP means more fuel and air.
The reason I'd go for the 240 or bigger engine is due to how underpowered a standard 150 is, at high DA you really have to know what you are doing and it can be downright dangerous in some situations unless you've really poured over the performance calculations. If you can get to cruise it's not as bad, but the climb performance is so marginal that it's not positive enough to outclimb the downdrafts one is likely to encounter in the summer in many hot and high locations.