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Unlimited Air Racing Dead?
Tough times.... The history and nostalgia of the good ole days, when “unlimited” meant just that and in that time it so happened that surplus war fighters were the penultimate when modded to “unlimited”. Is there a way to capture and maintain the nostalgia with the old school race prepped war...- BRAAP
- Post #51
- Forum: Hangar Flying - Off Topic
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Another engine theory Q - Blowers?
Interesting you mention this now.;) Short version is in all my years playing and tuning factory automotive EFI systems, in particular the early Japanese version of the L-Jet, and dabbling with some aftermarket, MegaSquirt, Wolf EMS, I have come to appreciate what the OEM auto manufactures bring...- BRAAP
- Post #95
- Forum: Firewall Forward / Props / Fuel System
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Another engine theory Q - Blowers?
Kiwi.... good to hear from here, been a long time. HBZ has slowed down, can only speculate most of the original enthusiasts have moved on, not as many available, etc. Will have to catch up on aviation things soon.- BRAAP
- Post #77
- Forum: Firewall Forward / Props / Fuel System
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Another engine theory Q - Blowers?
Great photo. Love reminiscing about these days. Sweet Turbo dime. ❤ 510’s always would earn the respect being a giant killer. Also a BLAST to drive. Thank you for sharing. 😉 Apologies to OP for off topic- BRAAP
- Post #67
- Forum: Firewall Forward / Props / Fuel System
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Another engine theory Q - Blowers?
Familiar with them, our business was centered around Datsuns, Z cars primarly also the Dime, building and machining engines, a bit of custom EFI, in particular building and machining custom cylinder heads for customers around the world, low volume shop, all work done in-house, always struck me...- BRAAP
- Post #63
- Forum: Firewall Forward / Props / Fuel System
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Another engine theory Q - Blowers?
Very cool. 😉 Not sure I understand, maybe I missed something or are you saying that engines with lower specific output are more prone to melting pistons vs higher specific output?- BRAAP
- Post #51
- Forum: Firewall Forward / Props / Fuel System
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Another engine theory Q - Blowers?
The “no replacement for displacement” argument in the context of aircraft boils down to, it’s just easier and safer. 😉 Short version is lower specific outputs, (HP per given displacement), is less likely to have abnormal combustion process and has more chamber/cylinder surface area to...- BRAAP
- Post #49
- Forum: Firewall Forward / Props / Fuel System
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Another engine theory Q - Blowers?
Great information here, most of the input in regards to the compromises brought about in evaluating the various ways to achieve certain performance levels is spot on. 👍 Just my $.02, In regards to the original post about blowers, that has been covered here very well. In short, if specific RPM...- BRAAP
- Post #27
- Forum: Firewall Forward / Props / Fuel System