It sounds interesting enough, Matt!
Glad you joined the best source of 150 information on the net before you buy!
You're going to get plenty of good advice here, and plenty of food for thought. Charles Hanna is the resident guru and more current on the regs than most of us. I question the validity of calling the engine 700 SMOH, considering the way you explained the "half and half" method!
Charles, can a mechanic split an overhaul this way, doing the top at a later date, and then sign off the engine as overhauled? Certainly still 700 hours total, but which date constitutes the overhaul? I've never heard of an engine accumulating 210 hours "during" an overhaul before!
