Hi Don, I thought the Saturn engine would be good, it's got alot of power with the twin cam, I can run 4000 RPM with the 4 blade, it's real light and like you said the 4 blade prop is 28 pounds lighter than the prop I have now. I think the cummins would be to big & heavy. You would have to use jet fuel and its hard to get at smaller airports. Someone said a cadilac engine but it's to big for a coupe. A friend has a chevy 350 on a cessna 188. It looks cool. I saw a home built mustang with a chevy 350. He had strait pipes and it sounded great!!! gene
Dyno wrote: > V. Childs wrote: > > > > Hi Douglas, did you consider a Saturn car engine for you project? I over > > 250,000 mi on 2 Saturn engines with only replacing the starter and > > generator. gene > > > > Douglas Stierman wrote: > > > > > Hello all, > > > > > > I am considering building my "basket case" Ercoupe with a Subaru > > > Engine. I know that I will have to de-certify the airplane into the > > > Experimental category and that's fine with me. I don't have any dreams of > > > obtaining/developing an STC or ever re-certifing the plane. I simply want > > > to build my 'coupe the way I want without alot of hassle. Since I am not > > > an A & P, I figure this is the way to do it. I am also considering > > > covering the wings with 6061T6 and using AVEX Rivets for the covering. > > > Zenair actually has a certified plane which uses these materials as well > > > as their Zodiac kit planes. I figure that I can get a coupe which might > > > have never flied again back up in the air without breaking my budget in > > > A&P labor and FAA paperwork. Also, I'd be able to do my own work...and > > > engine overhauls on the Soob would only be ~$1,000. I had originally > > > planned on constructing an exp. plane, but I think that this "hybrid > > > 'coupe" project will take less time(already mostly contructed) and cost a > > > bit less while still allowing me to do all the work myself and take a few > > > liberties without radical;ly changing the design or requiring costly STCs. > > > > > > Does anyone know the procedure for de-certifing the plane? I > > > assume once I start work on it, I'll have to log my work as required for a > > > homebuilt. I plan on sticking mostly to Fred's design except for the > > > Engine/Prop(Subaru with 3 blade carbon fiber prop) and the Instrument > > > panel/Seats/and baggage compartment. None of my mods should affect the > > > weight & balance. Most of the stuff has STCd equvalants in certified > > > 'coupes. > > > > > > I know that I'll probably get a lot of discouraging replies from > > > 'coupe purists who will warn me about de-certifing and spoiling my re-sale > > > value. But ....what is the resale value of a $3500 basket case with no > > > engine or prop? It would probably cost me $20K to get this thing flying > > > again as a certified, but for around $10K I could have an experimental > > > 'coupe AND do my own work on it PLUS $1000 engine overhauls. If I decide > > > to go foward with this, I'll start a web page documenting my work. Any > > > information and ENCOURAGEMENT are invited, discouraging remarks or advice > > > against will be read, but probably not heeded. > > > > > > Thanks for reading this... > > > > > > Doug Stierman > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I have 624,000 Miles on my cummins, why not use one of these for your > plane... > > Don...
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