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My dad and I spent 4 years building our RV7A. It was originally powered by a subaru 4cyl engine but the last flight of that enigne was on its 1yr anaversery. Had 247.3 hrs on it in exactly 1 yr. We had found a deal on a Mattituck io360 and bought it. Just had to many things to be reliable with the subaru. Now almost to the two year mark it has over 360hrs. Lots of fun. We went with the tricicle because we land on many very narrow runways and is easier to keep streight in a crosswind. Most of the nose gear failures happen on a grass runway where the pilot let the nose gear drop a little hard and it hit a pothole and folded. The mod just raises the nut on the nosegear a few inches. Happy building.