How about putting a Chevy 327 V8 in your plane?

[Matthew]

http://www.moyermade.com/chevyV8.html

This thing is way cool, maybe not practical, but cool.

 

[EdFred]

I don't get it, if it is 1/6th scale, the displacement should be 327/216 or 1.51ci, but he shows it at 1.10

 

[tonycondon]

thats pretty cool.

i knew of a guy up in Fairmont, MN who had a 172 converted with a Chevy V8 on it. It was very experimental.

 

[Matthew]

hmm - according to the bore*stroke he used, 1.10 adds up. I looked up the original dimensions and yeah, 1.51 would be right. My guess is he wasn't able to mill out to quite the right dimensions to match 1/6 scale. Other than that, it's still quite a job.

 

[vontresc]

meh...it's cool and all, but you should really put a model aircraft engine in your model plane....

http://www.enginehistory.org/merlin_xx.htm

 

[Matthew]

meh...it's cool and all, but you should really put a model aircraft engine in your model plane....

http://www.enginehistory.org/merlin_xx.htm

OK - that one's even better.

 

[Trapper John]

http://www.moyermade.com/chevyV8.html

This thing is way cool, maybe not practical, but cool.

Having built the infamous "Visible V-8" model when I was a kid, I'm just amazed at this! Imagine how tiny the jets for the carb must be...


Trapper John

 

[Skip Miller]

Having built the infamous "Visible V-8" model when I was a kid,

I guess my parents cheaped out! I got the visible straight 6.....

-Skip

 

[mikea]

I guess my parents cheaped out! I got the visible straight 6.....

Rambler family, huh?

 

[Matthew]

Or the Dodge Dart slant-6.

 

[RJM62]

Or the Dodge Dart slant-6.

Great engine; but changing the No. 6 plug was a real pain.

-Rich

 

[Ghery]

Rambler family, huh?

Hey! I learned to drive in a 1963 Rambler 660 Classic station wagon. 3 on the tree plus overdrive. 196 ci straight six. That thing was falling apart when my brother sold it, but the engine was still going strong.

 

[gkainz]

Post-Rambler AMC but my dad never failed to razz me about my "Rambler"

1966 AMC Ambassador, 327 V8, Holley 4bbl

 

[SCCutler]

Greg, you still have that Ambassador, right?

What a prize!

 

[Steve]

 

[jmaynard]

Greg, you still have that Ambassador, right?

What a prize!

Surely the Ambassador had more engine than that...

 

[gkainz]

Greg, you still have that Ambassador, right?

What a prize!

oh don't I wish ... young, dumb and broke in the Navy and sold it back in the 70's