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    Belted Air Votac V-6

    Grafente23, I would be willing to bet that gil was looking for an answer from a customer rather than belted air.
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    LS1 Engine for aircraft?

    Thanks for the reply MKIV! I came to the same decision about a lockup converter. It defeats a large part of my purpose of using the converter in the first place. So if you are targeting a slip of 25% for climb and are running the rover motor in the mid three grand range you are targeting more...
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    LS1 Engine for aircraft?

    Check me if I'm wrong here. It has been my understanding of torque converters that they produce heat while multiplying torque, or 'slipping', and much less heat while in the coupled condition of only 3 or 5 percent slip. If we use a torque converter with the lowest stall possible, and say, a...
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    Sal p-51 mustang

    Checking in. I have assumed a project started by my grandfather. The fusulage and tailfeathers are pretty well finished. I am researching the firewall forward and have a 4.3L Vortec V6 that is worth about 250 lb/ft torque or better. Josh, if you need pictures, let me know. I can snap anythig...
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    Amazing compilation. Sea Wreckage.

    Very cool. That one on the sand bottom looks a lot like the F4U that I dove on off of diamond head in Hawaii. It is in about 90' of water. Is that the one?
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    LS1 Engine for aircraft?

    Great thread. I can see there are a few proponents to an inverted V engine in direct drive. I have been mulling this over with a Vortec V6 in a SAL Mustang. A tow cam puts my motor at peak torque of about 275lb/ft at 2500 RPM with the CPI injection. What seems key is to isolate the auto crank...
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