Thought I would get some imput on this , this engine has been used in almost everything from trucks to industral equipment along with boats , over the years you could not blow this engine up with hard use ., belive me I have , so now we have Land and sea and soon to be air , work in progress for my pinto powered airplane , aircraft is a plans built copy of a 1929 Pietenpol , it used a ford model A engine and they are still being built today useing other engines . I am using the 2.3 . I trust it