@William 1 posted:I’m with gunrunner. I don’t understand the fascination with a cheapo engine from Menards. I can think of better things to do with $300 than be their tester. Send me the dough and I can probably locate an engine that doesn’t work in a trade.
It's because it was being sold for 160 bucks and some folks think it will have Lionel quaking in their boots. Four "runs" total up to 800 produced. Hardly competition, particularly as these seem to be scarfed up by the roughly same people and not the general public at large.
There's probably at least another 200-400 sitting at the factory waiting for 4.0 and 4.5 "upgrades." Cynical, I know but that's how it appears to me.
Rusty
