How much will it cost to reach 600 reliably? And just in the engine. Not factoring in the rest of the car or labor. I just want to know if going coyote is the better option. Btw my 04 gt is payed off.
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Nowadays, you can actually build a Big Block Ford for less money than a Chevy.
A 532 stroker will make around 775 "real world" horsepower, and you can build one for less than $10k.
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Here is the recipe.
http://www.hotrod.com/how-to/engine/0906phr-big-block-ford-engine/
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http://www.hotrod.com/how-to/engine/0906phr-big-block-ford-engine/
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Even with a carburetor, you still need a computer to control the ignition system.
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I don't think that there would be a noticeable difference because our Bullitts have a pretty heavy aluminum intake manifold.
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This is correct. And I would like to add that "modern" aviation piston engine technology is roughly 80 years old! This is, mostly, due to the extremely expensive FAA certification process that aviation engines must undergo before they are able to be sold for use in a FAA certified aircraft. It is a process that not many corporations are willing to finance... Even Honda couldn't make any financial sense of bringing a thoroughly modern engine to the market. The certification process stifles new technology from being used.
Automotive engines and aviation engines is an "apples and oranges" comparison.
And you missed a hell of a lot of things that can go wrong with a carburetor Panther.
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That looks like a neat little engine.
I haven't really been paying much attention to the happenings in the aviation industry lately... And I have always loved prop planes, so I rarely paid much attention to jets.
Business jets seem to be the strongest segment of General Aviation, right now, so it makes sense that Honda would team up with General Electric and bring an engine to that market.
About 15 years ago, Honda designed a direct drive, water cooled, opposed 4 cylinder engine that looked very promising. They did a feasibility study with Teledyne Continental to market the engine, and that was as far as it went. General Aviation took a big hit post 9/11, and the mortgage crisis. The cost of certification, and the already small pool of buyers for the engines, well, let's just say that it wouldn't have made the shareholders of either company, big fans of the project.
No matter. I like the simple 1930's design of the engines. They are simple and reliable, although, maybe not as efficient as they could be.
Here is the Honda prototype.
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I haven't really been paying much attention to the happenings in the aviation industry lately... And I have always loved prop planes, so I rarely paid much attention to jets.
Business jets seem to be the strongest segment of General Aviation, right now, so it makes sense that Honda would team up with General Electric and bring an engine to that market.
About 15 years ago, Honda designed a direct drive, water cooled, opposed 4 cylinder engine that looked very promising. They did a feasibility study with Teledyne Continental to market the engine, and that was as far as it went. General Aviation took a big hit post 9/11, and the mortgage crisis. The cost of certification, and the already small pool of buyers for the engines, well, let's just say that it wouldn't have made the shareholders of either company, big fans of the project.
No matter. I like the simple 1930's design of the engines. They are simple and reliable, although, maybe not as efficient as they could be.
Here is the Honda prototype.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Mustang Evolution mobile app
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