So I canned the idea of methanol largely due to the impractical side of things [flushing, cleaning after each use] and decided to go pump fuel [avgas later].

Cranked it over and over trying to get ignition and finally decided that it was the jetting that was the issue along with spark plugs etc thank god we had people who could confirm our suspicions. Here is a photo of the jet size comparison between......pretty significant hey?






Dan and I fired it up and she roared to life [literally]. There is huge overlap so she's very noisy and smokey while we get the timing sorted out. Hopefully we can find a nice flat where she burns reasonably and behaves.

The motor is SO L U M P Y it sounds pretty amazing. Just trying to sort out the timing for a smoother run but it sounds like it'll be the brute that it is.