It's experimental, you should be doing it yourself as well as the engine for half the price. How many hours will it take at $80 a man hour?[/
I thought about getting some A&P friends to come out and help me but they didn't feel comfortable "moving in on their territory" so to speak. Since these guys are doing the condition inspection, I'm just going to stick with them for the engine install. They're saying it's a 50 hr job for the install???
I installed my engine. I can't see it taking 50 hours.
5 hours to install accessories.
3 hours to install baffles.
2 hours to hang the engine.
1 hour to install the exhaust.
1 hour to plumb fuel and oil lines.
1 hour to hook-up the controls.
1 hour to install a FP prop and spinner.
1 hour to set the timing, do brief ground tests and re-cowl.
That comes to 15 hours. I'm probably missing something, but 50 hours sounds like a long time.