Weight & Balance and Fuel Capacity?

Roger that and agreed, never want to go over gross, goal is to keep it safe and get home in one piece to show it off to my wife.

Roger that and thank you Larry. I found that site and will ask my mechanic about it. Extra 60lbs can help as long as it is not detrimental to performance. I've got a 374nmi trip to get it home. With an estimated 5gph am thinking of breaking it into 3rds at about 124nmi each leg, topping off at the stops. I'm 195 my CFI is 175 and 10 or so lbs of baggage so it will be about as tight as my 150 was.

Forgot to ask about the weight STC, some place I can look that up for details? I'd assume it shaves a fair amount off the climb rate and performance.

Ouch! 12lbs for an AI? And I thought I needed to lose weight... Emailed/Texted the owner & broker, getting the actual W&B Monday, this one does not have an AI. As long as the pre-buy goes well I'd love to take this one back to it's original configuration and lighten it as much as possible.