stewart took the orgional 51 plans and shrunk them down to 75% scale so it is as close to the p51s as possible. war birds of america reconized it as a 51
most of the s 51s have a 502 in them with a king air prop and a few had cutler fuel injectors. kinda want the weight of a cast engine. for looks the cut down exhaust headers have 2 dummy ports on each side to give it the v 12 look
Id venture a guess this is an all aluminum big block, and alot of compression to generate 600 horses at 4500 rpm. Prop speed cut in half via a gear box.
Damn, makes me wish I hadn't tore up my 454 in my junkie old camaro. Bought it for $600, but had some oil leak or was eating oil (rings maybe), locked up the engine on a long trip. I would so tear it out of that camaro and put it in an airplane, but god, a 454 is a heavy heavy engine.... this guy must of turbocharged it or something.
Actually, you can get a Full Scale P-51D from Murdo Cameron and sons Aircraft. It would be an all composite air plane and would have an Allison V-12 in it. Check out his website, he has some great info there. Don
Okay so what does it cost to get into one of these if you started from scratch? And if you can get a 75% scale Mustang kit plane, can you get a full scale "kit" Mustang for less than the $1.5M+ that a real one costs?
stewart took the orgional 51 plans and shrunk them down to 75% scale so it is as close to the p51s as possible. war birds of america reconized it as a 51
MrSwamprat66 2 weeks ago
most of the s 51s have a 502 in them with a king air prop and a few had cutler fuel injectors. kinda want the weight of a cast engine. for looks the cut down exhaust headers have 2 dummy ports on each side to give it the v 12 look
MrSwamprat66 2 weeks ago
Id venture a guess this is an all aluminum big block, and alot of compression to generate 600 horses at 4500 rpm. Prop speed cut in half via a gear box.
taradarlene13 1 month ago
@thedriver97 who modify the engine please can i help me or it hasn´t modifications??
yamahar87 3 months ago
what are the modifictions of the big block of chevy that allow's fly??? thanks to answer
yamahar87 4 months ago
Damn, makes me wish I hadn't tore up my 454 in my junkie old camaro. Bought it for $600, but had some oil leak or was eating oil (rings maybe), locked up the engine on a long trip. I would so tear it out of that camaro and put it in an airplane, but god, a 454 is a heavy heavy engine.... this guy must of turbocharged it or something.
cobrachoppergirl 5 months ago
Actually, you can get a Full Scale P-51D from Murdo Cameron and sons Aircraft. It would be an all composite air plane and would have an Allison V-12 in it. Check out his website, he has some great info there. Don
f82man 7 months ago
@brettt777 I beleive it has a 454 Chevy big block.
thedriver97 7 months ago
the grin on his face at :06 says it all.
barrycasebeer 8 months ago
Okay so what does it cost to get into one of these if you started from scratch? And if you can get a 75% scale Mustang kit plane, can you get a full scale "kit" Mustang for less than the $1.5M+ that a real one costs?
brettt777 8 months ago