Free engine analyzer - zero install

[hayesjaj]

My family has 275s installed on one 337E and I'm doing another install now on my 337G.

They are excellent instruments but assume 10-13k all in after sensors and wiring. If you have capacitive fuel senders you'll need to change them to CIES as the cap versions aren't supported by the 275.

Cheers.

J

[GearUp]

Good point on the CiES senders-- we did that during the last annual and it added ~13k combined for parts, markup & labor. Granted, a very significant chunk of that was removing and re-installing the Flint tip tanks as that's the only way to access the senders in those. YMMV. The CiES also require a dedicated ground wire, as I recall-- no big deal but maybe a bit more pricey since it is pressurized.

[n86121]

This one seems to have everything, PLUS vibration analysis. Appealing to a nerd.
Skymaster kit around $6k + install.

Any experiences comments?

Not primary, which I guess the 275's would be....?

[kbecker]

I have an older Insight model, the 1200, and have liked it. My complaints are related to its age--the technology to download the data is via some HP Palmtop.

Insight has fixed this with the newer models, plus you get fuel flow and vibration analysis.

In my 20 years with the 1200 I have had to replace one temp probe. Thats it.

Kevin

[n86121]

"My family has 275s installed on one 337E and I'm doing another install now on my 337G"

"Figure all in 10-13k"

Is that 'you' doing (two) of them, them" and just the price of parts,
or fully installed price by an avionics shop?

[hayesjaj]

Originally Posted by n86121

"My family has 275s installed on one 337E and I'm doing another install now on my 337G"

"Figure all in 10-13k"

Is that 'you' doing (two) of them, them" and just the price of parts,
or fully installed price by an avionics shop?

This is parts, at least was two years ago now with us doing the supervised grunt labor. The EIS kit and sensors will be 13-14k in parts now and CIES senders were 600 ea at the time, probably more now (i needed 4).

I’ve seen some breathtakingly high quotes for engine monitor installs recently, in the 30-50k range all in from avionics shops. Figure 200 hours in labor to be safe with a twin for this type of install.

[YankeeClipper]

Now we're talking reality. About a year ago I got a quote for 35k, though I can't remember whether it was Garmin or JPI. They're comparable in cost in any case.