This past week I was talkiing with a friend at work who is into cars. He was telling me about the Chevy LS1 aluminum block engine. That got me thinking...
From what he said, it's a pretty light weight package for the power that's delivered.
A couple days ago I found a performance chart (rpm/hp curve) and if I remember correctly, it put out around 200 hp @ 2,000 rpm (peak hp is around 340 out of the crate).
Here's where the wheels got to turning...
- For most of the ideas I'm running in my head, I wouldn't need more than 200 hp.
- Would it be possible to set the rev limit at around 3,000 rpm? (I don't know much about the computers controlling car engines - I miss point ignitions ).
- How hard would it be to fabricate a roughly 1:1 belt drive (to isolate the prop from the crankshaft).
- It seems that running at what would be "highway rpm" rather than near-peak would make for an extremely long engine life.
Eagerly awaiting opinions...
From what he said, it's a pretty light weight package for the power that's delivered.
A couple days ago I found a performance chart (rpm/hp curve) and if I remember correctly, it put out around 200 hp @ 2,000 rpm (peak hp is around 340 out of the crate).
Here's where the wheels got to turning...
- For most of the ideas I'm running in my head, I wouldn't need more than 200 hp.
- Would it be possible to set the rev limit at around 3,000 rpm? (I don't know much about the computers controlling car engines - I miss point ignitions ).
- How hard would it be to fabricate a roughly 1:1 belt drive (to isolate the prop from the crankshaft).
- It seems that running at what would be "highway rpm" rather than near-peak would make for an extremely long engine life.
Eagerly awaiting opinions...