Superior Air Parts aims to get a piece of Lycoming's business with a soon-to-be-approved 180-hp IO-360 Vantage engine, the company said at AirVenture on Monday. For a price about the same as an IO-360 overhaul, the new Vantage engine is a bolt-up conversion for the Lycoming IO-360 used in the R and S model Skyhawks, according to Superior's Keith Chatten. He said the Vantage engine, with 100 percent factory new parts, will cost just under $25,000, including the necessary STCs. For a number of years, Superior has successfully plied the experimental market with its XP Lycoming-type four-cylinder engines. The Vantage is a certified version of the same engine.
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