Stallion 35

Hello all. I have an engine I acquired from a friend in the early 70's and looking for some info. on it. It has Stallion 35 on the side of the cylinder. A plastic venture insert and pulled my Banshee around strongly. Any Help would be great.
Thanks
Dennis Parsley

LAST EDITED ON Apr-14-04 AT 09:54 PM (CDT)
 
Hi Dennis,
Just what kinda help do you want?
Use a good plug (Thunderbolt, Sig), and at least 25% all castor, 5% nitro should be fine.
10-5 or 10-6 wood prop (never tried a APC or MA).
The one I ran did a good 4-2 break, but a little heavy and about average power for the old 35s.
IIRC, this was intended to be K&B's answer to the less expensive McCoy Red Heads.
Bill <><

There were two basic models - the early shiny case (early to mid 60's or possibly late 50's to mid 60's?) and later matte case (late 60's to mid 70's?).

They were a cheap engine using poorer materials than the better quality Torpedo series they were aimed at the Fox Rocket/McCoy RH market.

They were heavy.

They don't 2-4 well.

They are pretty good sport engines and cheap on Ebay (I've 3 and the most expensive was $30).

They have the same stack size as Merco/Veco/McCoy RH so any silencer that will fit those will fit a Stallion.

Tony

Agree with Tony. I do have one on a Smoothie, however, set to run in a wet 2, and it does OK.

I think the very last Stallions had a red head. They are fairly rare.

Nice, thick crank housing on these motors, by the way. Currell

I've also heard that it's good to replace the bolts with decent sockets as the ones supplied are made of cheese (someone elses comment not mine).

Tony

Dennis,
Just be aware that the Stallion, unlike most model engines, is a bit unusual in that the crank pin is not made as part of the crankshaft. The crank pin is actually a separate part that is press fit into a hole in the crankshaft. Unfortunately, these pins have a nasty habit of coming loose. I have one Stallion .35 that I bought new in the early 70's. After a couple hours running it started running rough and sounding funny. After disassembling it I found the crank pin had come loose and had worn oblong the hole it fit into in the crankshaft. I have another Stallion I got used that has never had this problem. If you have trouble with your engine it is easy to remove the backplate and check the crankpin.
DennisV

Thanks for the info., Mine has a black head. I remember now asking Don Still about it awhile back. I've always used either superfuel or a fuel with 25% oil. A 10-6 prop. It runs great and the bark is sweet music.
Thanks again.
Dennis Parsley