I know it needs some wire management. I was able to do a first start on the 445 over the weekend (video to follow). Fired right up after one carb spit. Ran very well when being rev’d (1.5k to 2k or so). It did not want to idle, probably the lack of a choke and it being pretty cold out. I did warm it under a radiant heater in a warmish garage before priming and starting. It stalled when I attempted to idle it, and acted tight (starter would barely turn it over) when I attempted a restart. Arguably I did not put much effort into attempting a restart (core plug was leaking and I was out of time, not to mention the neighbors were wandering over) so it could be a ground, starter, battery, timing or something else. Since the whole need to work thing got in the way. I cut open the oil filter in our maintenance shop this morning out of curiosity. Not sure what they usually look like but it is pretty clean as was the oil nothing seems amiss. So I will replace the core plug get everything adjusted and try again next week. Sounds pretty good and was not making any unwanted noises so all in all I am pleased. I do need to get the leak fixed and get it dialed in a bit before it gets dyno'd. Got about 15 minutes run time. Other than the core plug (a compromised galley plug was addressed during priming) only other leak was a seeping fuel fitting. So I will replace the core plug get everything adjusted and try again next week. I sourced virtually all my parts and advice from this forums members and owe a big thanks to all involved.
