Need some input from the combined wisdom of this space.
Love my 2000 Mooney Ovation 2, but after 3 years of fun mostly going up and down the West Coast, I would like to go East bound more often and for crossing the Rockies I do need a turbo more often than not.
Here is my problem: the TT on the aircraft and the engine is ~1,850h. The engine is running fine, gets oil changes every 25h, oil samples show no issues, over the last years the occasional cylinder got replaced, compressions are all north of 70 and the oil consumption is 1qt for about very 10h. Given that it runs real nice, my intention was to disregard TBO for a while and keep flying it until something bad shows up in the oil samples, the compression goes real bad or oil consumption goes up significantly, until maybe TT 2,200h.
The airplane shows real nice, tricked out to the gills avionics wise with a few extra features that I have put in (see list below), but the high engine time could make it hard to sell. I hate overhauling the engine when it clearly doesn't need it right now, just so it "sells better". Furthermore, many owners have strong opinions whether to go new engine, re-manufactured or if overhauled is good enough (as long as it is the xyz shop that they trust, ...).
Any thoughts on this dilemma?
Any guesses on "what the market will bear" on the airplane as is or with an engine overhaul?
Thanks
Joe
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2000 Mooney Ovation 2 featuring
TKS (non-FIKI)
~300h on new 3-blade Hartzell Prop w/ TKS slingers
G500, newest SW
Active Traffic warning: Garmin GTS800 TCAS, top and bottom Antennas
G530W / w Terrain, newest SW
G430W / w Terrain, newest SW
New PMA450 intercom w/ Marker Beacon – dimensional sound & Bluetooth connectivity
Transponder GTX330ES – verified ADSB compliance, newest SW
Autopilot KFC225 coupled to G500, shoots approaches (ILS and GPS WAAS based LPV approaches) down to minimums
Garmin Flightstream 210 to send attitude to and flightplans to and from ForeFlight or other applications
Garmin 260 Angle of Attack indicator
JPI 830 with all sensors hooked up – master warning red LED positioned in center view of the pilot
Stormscope WX500
GDL69 XM Weather
Upgraded Landing lights to 2x50W XeVision
Upgraded Taxi lights to 2x50W XeVision, installed wig-wag function
BatteryMinder plugs wired to the TKS refill door from both batteries
New Alarm Clock, with yellow warning LED for timer expiration positioned in center view of the pilot
Large built in oxygen tank, recently replaced
Wired for powered Bose Headsets for pilot and co-pilot
Engine heater
2x12V cigarette lighter plugs, 1 for front row, 1 for back row
Wired connector to large Arctic Cooler box into the panel: double rocker switch drives fan and addtl cooling pump
Annuals only by Mooney Service Centers – no expense spared.