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I would look for an E or an F. Find a J that you like and then look for a similar equipped and timed E or F. You will buy it for many thousands left and in theory will hold same percentage increase or decrease in a 2 to 4 year window. I particularly think if you can find a good F with some mods is the best value on the older planes. Remember the J is only an F with a few speed mods (windshield and cowl being the biggest two).

But not keeping up can decrease value.

Are you also missing in your description the SWTA 201 Windshield. From the picture it looks like yours was updated. Yours regardless of windshield is worth 10k or more than plane A in my opinion (most of that would be in engine time, recency etc as discussed above).

Actually look for the new pics of his V2. Really it is a J cowl with rounded inlets. Looks way better than V1 (sorry Bob but I must speak the truth).

Book says continuous use no more than 27 mp and no lower than 3500 feet. I run mine more conservative and will usually try to keep it around 25 to 26 mp and do not engage below 5k. The biggest difference is above 10k. I can climb at 750 foot a minute easy all the way to 15 -16 k vs climb in an F above 10k is like 100 ft per minute. The speed increase above 10k is so nice as well I think it is about 20+ kts. I can get a true airspeed of right at 178 kts or about 200 mph once in cruise above 10k vs non turbo of more like 150 to 160 TAS at those altitudes. I am still looking forward to try to take it to the low FL's like 18, 19, or 20 (15-16 is about as high as i have been so far normally stay between 9500 and 12500) to see if it will perform as billed.

Love the Turbo and cannot see not having either turbo or turbo normalized again. I use it anytime I am above 5k and use it on most real flights (most of my mission is around 2 to 4 hours).

NO, I would not stay with the 700 upgrade to the 700 with the TIT. I also have a F model with the RayJay Turbo.

1st things 1st in my opinion is a high quality engine monitor. JPI 900 or 930 or the Electronic International equivalent.

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Only a few options. 1. Do what @Sabremech mech did and work with the FAA directly or the DER. 2. Get in line for the @Sabremech mod. I think it is going to be better than an original J. (So far this is what I have done!) 3. Go big time and go with Lo Presti 4. Add the ARI 5. Be low key add the LASAR mod 6. Join the CB club do nothing. (wait we are Mooney owners and not cirrus drivers doesn't that automatically make us part of the CB club!)

I thought it was compelling with a big price drop (find out why). The few Mooney's I have seen on their site have been over priced in my opinion and the last was listed for a very long time. Someone may have reconsidered their Mooney valuations to get that one sold and dropped the price on this one. They seem to be the place for a Cessna TTX though (Shhh)! Dont forget All American. They are in TX and probably have the best reputation when it comes to Mooney's I found this one interesting as well. https://www.controller.com/listings/aircraft/for-sale/77988539/1988-mooney-m20j-205 If they just had a turbo normalizer like my F I might consider trading in on something like those two (if staying 4 cyl mid body mooney)

check out this one with a recent price drop https://vanbortel.com/aircraft-for-sale/aircraft-inventory/1171/1978-mooney-201-m20j

Sorry to see you leaving the F ranks! I remember we met at DWH over the last year at some point. I am in the X hangers next to TX Flight. Are you moving onto another plane or just moving on from ownership?

I am wanting it on field approval. Of course those of us that have been on the "list" would go the 337 route yesterday.

After painting the fiberglass glare shield insert again using flat black primer and flick style spraying it, all glare went away. Visibility is good. I think TAS improved 3-4kts at my typical cruise setting. _____________________________________________ Nice you are a about 6 months ahead of me on my mods. So you got about 3-4 kts from painting the glare shield! How much did you get from the new wind screen???? LOL just kidding and couldn't resist.

... at the cost of a big bore engine... Which is the same thing Mooney eventually resorted to as well... I thought it was a Navion at first and still thought "Navion at IAH" then looked again and thought "no not Navion". Agreed to get anything approved would be a Just think if they were still be produced and parts etc were available along with more aerodynamic speed improvements like Mooney went through along with smoothing out the bubble cockpit.

Outside my office window yesterday was a Meyers Aero Commander 200D (a rare sight at a big airport like IAH). Not very many over the life of Meyers were made (I think around 100). It was very close to what a Mooney was at the time (RG, clean, and fast), but faster! I know we like to think we were the fastest in our class. It held the record for something like 16 years. As stated it was very much like a Mooney but in the 60's when Mooney was using a 0-360 it was using a 520 which obviously was big difference in speed. One other thing about this bird is the tail feathers are very goofy and not as cool as our Mooney's. There are a ton of cool planes around that are not main stream and my home airport (DWH) has many varieties to catch your eye but it is not often you see these at IAH. This was the plane:

The side louvers are for the after market turbo's. (specifically for mine the RAYJAY turbo) I can only speak for me but I have never really had a CHT problem as with some others.

Maybe my MSC can figure that out. Without close up pictures I am still unclear. I always thought the ovation triangle would be a cool intake upgrade. My outlet shark fins are basically the same as yours which are fine.

The few things that stand out about your bird that I really think makes it pop (trust me I love it all) are the way you handle the intake for the turbo, built in O2, and landing lights in the wings. Of course your speed mods, interior, rounded windows, panel and paint are wonderful but it is some of these types of details that pull it together. 1. Do you have better pictures of the intake for the turbo? (If you remember you sold me some of my RAYJAY stuff. Someday when I get around to paint I would like to do something similar. The below picture is before my oil cooler relocation which has already been done.) 2. Adding the landing lights in the wing was field approval?

N768CC / 22-1352 and currently have dual G5's. I would be #1 on an install if they would let me. I am still sooooooo confused why they did not do it with the J. Don't they know there is virtually no difference in the F, G, J (and K to an extent) in length width flight controls and that the only real difference is in aerodynamic modifications (I had emailed them this fact a couple times around a year ago when we were hoping they would get it done).

I have no idea but the Rylo360 that @gsxrpilot had seemed cool. Being able to see a 360 degree view is very interesting to me. I am about to buy one soon so I will be following the thread. Fusion I think has it but does the 7?

Damn... reading this thread makes me want one. Someone tade me outright a 310 hp O for a turbo normalized 1976 F!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have a 76 F in Texas. I just bought the B Kool. It was delivered today but I will not get to use it for a few weeks. My next flight is scheduled for Thrus and Friday but I will not have room to test it.

Video down. I wanted to watch that one too.