REFLECTOR: XP-400

[Richard J. Gentil]

I had bad news Monday evening. I had a call from Superior, the engine is 
now delayed an additional 6 months.

The problem is with the sump. It is an issue which involves a part 
failing to do it's job during an event like multiple backfires of the 
engine. This is a major redesign and is going to effect their 200hp and 
180hp XP engines too. Right now the XP400SRE is on it's way back from 
Germany to Dallas for the redesign.

I was ready to hang the engine, firewall was complete and ready to go, 
so I guess I will keep working on other areas till the engine is ready. 
(There is always something to do on a project.)

Richard

Richard J. Gentil wrote:
> Well the build date came and went for my engine. It looks like Superior 
> is having some delays on the XP-400SRE. When I spoke to them, they said 
> it is now looking like the end of January (I hope he was talking '07 and 
> not '08 or '09) before it will be ready. The two department heads for 
> the construction of the XP-400 are currently in Germany and when they 
> return, Superior hopes to have a better idea of when they will start 
> shipping the engines.
>
> Richard
>
> P.S. I have not finished the firewall anyway, so no real hurry on the 
> engine. ;-)
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