Dan Banjock gets them to run. Often hand fits the piston. The crank bushing, also hand fit. Can he win with it flying in Old Time? Yes. He's also wins with it in Classic in local meets and comes close at the NATS. Why buy a Fox 35 new? They're all over the place at swaps. Or, ask your friends. I have ten, most given to me. Never use them. Never say never though. Looking at a plane beautifully built and light. Only engine that fits and is usable, considering tank size available, is the FOX. Well, there's FOX News, how can some of you resist the name? Fox 35s are a sub hobby of our hobby. Enthusiasts work on them and work on them until they function ok. It's fun for sport flying. Ringmaster time. Old time correct. A Brian Gardner top end plus conrod goes for a hundred, if he's making them or has a left over set or somehow there's one for sale by a private party. How much is a RoJett mit pipe, or a PA if one is around? Five or six hundred? Put that on a profile sportster? Don't think so. Fox 35 hand me downs are cheap, sometimes free. Sport plane sport plane. Are there engines that are a better even for a sport plane? Yeah. Any LA or FP 20 or 25. That's not the point.
Ken Cook has been infected by Fox for 30 years as a matter of fact. Why? They're fun and funny and frustrating. My wife's like that.