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  1. MARCVINI

    ls3 for aircaft

    I ask you: what is your take on that PSRU? Are you confident with it? How much does it weigh? Seems to be a nice unit for using with a 5.3 LC9 bolted to an RV10.
  2. MARCVINI

    ls3 for aircaft

    Well, My Friend, I am not ALL that used to using this forum features. It seams to me that your airplane is a T-51 with an LS3 mounted to it!!! What king of PSRU do you use???
  3. MARCVINI

    ls3 for aircaft

    I believe you refer to the one used in the 376/480 crate engine. Yes, and it is quite in line with the Crane Cam grind deppicted by the chart I brought above. Since I am nothing more than a lay man on the subject, I am curious about what could be achieved with a custom grind cam, one set to...
  4. MARCVINI

    ls3 for aircaft

    Good!!! Concerning the data from you engine, I thought the short stack exhaust manifolds would limit severely the output. That doesn´t seem to be the case.
  5. MARCVINI

    ls3 for aircaft

    Hi. Spencers Ford uses a Ford Racing aluminum block and has its thrust bearing in the middle, just like all other 302 derived strokers...
  6. MARCVINI

    ls3 for aircaft

    Yes, the numbers are different from GMs. Those charts were taken from a cam comparison from http://www.enginelabs.com/engine-tech/cam-valvetrain/ls3-x-3-comparing-three-performance-cams-on-the-engine-dyno/
  7. MARCVINI

    ls3 for aircaft

    Hi, TXFlyGuy. Your hp and torque numbers are in line with what a bone stock LS3 puts out. I intend to have my engine cammed in order to get the most torque dow low in the rpm range. Here are two dyno charts that show what I am looking for:
  8. MARCVINI

    ls3 for aircaft

    Hi. It´s been with great interest that I have been contemplating the idea of using a V8 engine in a direct drive instalation, in inverted form, in a small airplane like Van´s RV7, 8 and now the RV14. Actually, it is in my plans to do so in the near future. For quite some time I´ve defended using...
  9. MARCVINI

    The future is direct drive

    Due to the upload failure noticed above, this is the RV7 with the stock LS3 manifold:
  10. MARCVINI

    The future is direct drive

    You are right. That´s the spirit.
  11. MARCVINI

    The future is direct drive

    Here is a sketch of the instalation with the stock intake manifold: You see, it is perfectly doable, the problem being essencially aesthetical. And, of course, with such a short prop extension, a forward oriented intake is impossible. Another problem is that, as a backwards oriented intake is...
  12. MARCVINI

    The future is direct drive

    Glad to meet you, ekimneirbo!!! Well, price says it all!!! And I´ve realized that the weight figures for aluminum small blocks are not as favorable as I thought: most published weights do not take into account sleeves and crank caps. So, in terms of weight, LSx and aluminum SBCs are tied. My...
  13. MARCVINI

    The future is direct drive

    Yes, that´s the idea. The way Mr. Steve Wittmann did to his Buick engine, the only diference being the prop extension, wich is a simple unit, Saber´s like. Still in planing phase, though. Cheers
  14. MARCVINI

    The future is direct drive

    I post this for "food for thought". This is how a IDD LSX RV7 would seem like: Note: 1. A spider like intake manifold would have to be used, in order to have a more streamlined cowling; 2. Only the lower cowling would have to be changed; 3. Two radiators would be instaled, one on each side...
  15. MARCVINI

    Direct drive SBC

    This is how a DD LSXV8 RV7 would seem like: Notes: a. simple aluminum 4 inch prop extension; b. a conventional spider like intake manifold would be use, in order to allow a better streamlined lower cowling; c. only the lower cowling would have to be changed, in order to accomodate the...
  16. MARCVINI

    arctic cat snowmobile engines

    As it may be of interest for you guys, the Mosquito XE285 helicopter sports a Arctic Cat 800 derived engine, and this engine is offered as OEM by the Mosquito Company. Derated to 85hp at 6000 rpm, seems to be holding up pretty well. Tailwinds.
  17. MARCVINI

    Cooling Schemes for Water Cooled Engines

    Sorry for that, then, altough wsimpso1 didn´t seem to be so "low drag" oriented when he started this thread. Hence my sugestions regarding OEM "solutions". Marcvini
  18. MARCVINI

    Cooling Schemes for Water Cooled Engines

    The photos are only for sugestion sake and maybe to spark new ideas on wsimpso1... Marcvini
  19. MARCVINI

    Cooling Schemes for Water Cooled Engines

    By the way, wsimpso1, here are some photos of other OEM solutions for water cooling. Maybe they end up usefull for you:
  20. MARCVINI

    Cooling Schemes for Water Cooled Engines

    As far as inline and vee engines are concerned, most OEMs seem to choose to place radiators inside engine cowlings. Austro and Thielert-Continental powered airplanes seem to be holding up well with that recipe. Subarus are a completely diferent story, because those engines don´t favor such...
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