How much does a UV weigh, all up?Compared to a 1/2VW?
Steve.your description of the CV leaves me with the feeling that there is great potential there.Having just come aboard I have no insight as to its use.There is a lot of history available re the half VW and I am sure most of the bugs have been addressed.If aCV is used would you not be starting with little previous background?I am just at the start of my L/E and can go either way.The CV has kindled my interest.What is its history?
Steve.your description of the CV leaves me with the feeling that there is great potential there.Having just come aboard I have no insight as to its use.There is a lot of history available re the half VW and I am sure most of the bugs have been addressed.If aCV is used would you not be starting with little previous background?I am just at the start of my L/E and can go either way.The CV has kindled my interest.What is its history?CV engines are used quite a lot in Europe, mostly on Flying Fleas. I would use one on my HM 293 IF I could FIND one. I have been looking for over a decade, and cannot find a used engine anywhere in the Southwest. After "Cash for Clunkers" ran it's course, the supply of used VW engines vanished down here as well. I lucked out, and got in on almost the ground floor of the Continental designed 084 and 042 military surplus engine craze, and have a bunch of them, but none for sale. The 084 is a tad heavy at 124 pounds all up, but it is lighter than the full VW, and makes 35 to 40 HP, depending on how you set it up. Parts for the 084 are getting harder to find, (the 042 is half an 084), so you may be stuck with a VW, which is far too expensive for me.
