Never before has so little power been made from so much displacement! (Page 7 of 57)

if it only does 50' i'll have an angry mob of 4 racers after me for ruining their race weekend.

but if it goes the whole weekend, someone better buy stock in windshield cleaner fluid. this thing should consume a quart of oil about every 6-7 minutes.

I forgot about the supertrapps. those things sound awfull but the price might fit the budget if it's just a bit too loud.

oh i'm not worried about the budget for the sake of the judges. they've already given me a green light. i'm worried about my wallet

anyways. got in the shop tonight, made up a bunch of brackets for the new rear crossmember to hold the subi transmission and the stock lower control arms/toe arms. nothing much to show. there should be crossmember to show in the next couple days.

I'd say that is a good estimate.  There was a 562 hour Cessna 185 (520 c.i. flat six) in my hangar that sat for five years.  New owner checked out engine and flew it twelve hours to Alaska, consuming a case of oil on the trip up.

We haven't run it yet so we don't know how true it is. but that's what the "normal operating conditions" says... 2.5gal/hr oil consumption.

we are trying to hit gingerman and autobahn with it.

that being said, i'd strongly suggest you get that back on there. there are several instances where ours has come in handy in the past.

I'm more of a whiskey drinker than a beer drinker and i'll probably buy the oil by the mini barrel here locally. it looks like a weekend (a little practice plus the entire race) is going to be about 40 gallons. i don't think i want to carry 160 quarts of oil

you're more than welcome to drop by and check it out, but i'd suggest waiting a few weeks, it should look more like an airplane car by that point

Looks sweet.

Are you going to put a prop on it - to keep it cool at least if not for the overall coolness?

I got the front engine mount done and got a few pics now that the mounting angle is adjusted.

I also threw on one of the heads to give perspective about what you'll see sticking out of the body.

and that's it for this weekend's progress.

Yeah, I know cooling will be an issue. I've got a few ideas to tackle it, but it does scare me that i don't have a definite solution for it yet.

my first plan is to cool the heck out of the oil and use some serious water injection.

the motor is rated to a head temperature of 550*F which will help quite a bit.

If all that fails, i'll work on some ducting and some fans

i definitely have room for extra alternators. any idea what kind of current they draw?

Marc, I thought you were first, but this is 1/2 the weight and twice the motor!

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