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  1. danny_galaga
    I think what I've landed on, more or less is that if it goes INSIDE the engine, I won't muck around. If it's on the OUTSIDE, then it's worth investigating other sources. In this case I class the oil filter as INSIDE because it effects the oil which is 'inside'. So, while no one was able to tell me if that dealer was reputable or not, I went and bought it elsewhere. You had to contact them first to order. This is the 21st century. Click n pay, baby!
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    I utterly agree with you. And if someone can give me the part number right now, and show they have been using that filter for years, I'm onboard! I beg to differ about the oil hose..that seems to be inexplicably hard to pin down a basic replacement that is readily available
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    What skippy and I are doing though in the main is buying the same part that Rotax use, but before they slap a Rotax sticker on it. Case in point is the starter solenoid. They don't make starter solenoids.they source theirs from Denso. So you can pay I can't remember, say $250 for a 'Rotax' solenoid or about $70 for the exact same part, from the same factory. Not a knock off, but the same part. And skippy is right about the oil filter. Rotax don't make them, it will be for some other engine/s. If you can crack the code, then you can pay the automotive price for the same part and quality. Unless it's for a BMW. I'm beginning to realise if it was for a BMW it'll cost the same. Right now though I don't think anyone can tell me what the automotive OEM is for that filter. And I want it now. 😄
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    Most recently I bought the 90° choke cable tube from AliExpress and throttle adjuster from a go kart shop
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    Thats fine. Like the Opel/Vauxhall fuel pump. But if no one gives me a definitive part number, right now I'm not going to muck around with it. Remember I tracked down the Denso solenoid part number and a possible aftermarket starter motor. I'm onboard with avoiding the Ro-tax 😄
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    They don't supercharge quite nicely?
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    Yeah, even at $50 I wouldn't mind. A guy at work kept saying to me- 50 bucks! What a Rip off! But 50 bucks isn't even half a tank of fuel in my plane. And I'm happy to just burn that up 😁
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    V12s supercharge quite nicely 🙂
  9. danny_galaga
    These guys do a good price. Anyone bought from them before? https://pmaviation.com.au/rotax/
  10. danny_galaga
    Facthunter wants to buy a Rotec radial, install a supercharger and then fly to 1945 😀
  11. danny_galaga
    My original statement was that V8s supercharge nicely. Nothing you are saying negates that 🙂
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    No lag on a supercharger - that's why they use them for drag racing. Plenty or not, when you are on the road, and you see a Mercedes with a 'Kompressor' badge, it has a nice lil supercharger nestled quite neatly in the confines of the engine bay 🙂
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    Most people assume a supercharger to mean mechanical, usually belt driven. And then a turbo supercharger is just referred to as a turbo. V8s in cars generally have ONE mechanical supercharger. The way the inlets sit inside the V lends itself to that configuration
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    I picked something deliberately lairy to make a point 😁 There are plenty of regular cars with mechanical superchargers nicely confined in the engine bay. Look at the Mercedes Kompressor range.
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    Youve not looked too closely at a hot rod then. V seems nearly ideal for supercharging
  16. danny_galaga
    I must missed something. I prefer the Singa bird when I can 😀
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    Seems to me if I just go with the Castrol gear previously mentioned, which available from Repco I should be golden. It also means if I'm travelling and find i need more I can get it from many car parts stores. Heh. If my plane ever gets to the point I can fly it anywhere...
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    V8s supercharge quite nicely 🙂
  19. danny_galaga
    Repco are showing the concentrate. Forgot to pop in today but will tomorrow
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    Yes, my link is for concentrate. Demineralised water is cheap enough too
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    Cool. So just this stuff https://www.repco.com.au/oils-fluids/engine-oils-fluids/coolant/castrol-radicool-coolant-concentrate-1l-3424673/p/A9458861?rgfeed=true&cid=google-shopping&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&region_id=100352&gclid=Cj0KCQjw0bunBhD9ARIsAAZl0E2rb3iqhcG67iPznsxs4IP52dclHIZeSPIwGuGa4TuL_9suGD7CGAwaAu1oEALw_wcB
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    Engine is 912 uls. I think 2017.
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    Tuned pipes too 😊
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    From Rotax point of view it's fine- went together easily enough in the factory, what do they care if it's hard for someone else to remove 😄
  25. danny_galaga
    Rotax 912 90° carby tube for choke cable. To get two of those genuine, about $150 Inc freight. Or go to Ali express 🙂 https://m.aliexpress.com/item/1005004164377398.html?spm=a2g0n.order_detail.order_detail_item.3.604cf19cHB72xq I'm always mindful of cheap n cheerful. If it's something complicated and bespoke, I'll go genuine. But Rotax don't make the carbies, or the parts hanging off them. So why pay the Ro-tax?
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