raiki Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 In the December issue of kitplanes (only just got that in Oz, yay for sea freight) there is an article on Gary Spencers LongEZ with a small block Ford V8 for power. Does anyone have more info on that aircraft, and in particular the engine installation. Particulartly the long drive shaft/spinner for direct drive. I have 2 small block Ford powered cars and a couple more engines in the shed, so this article really caught my interest. I have a 351 Cleveland in a '74 XB Falcon Coupe (Mad Max interceptor type, you Americans seem to call them Aussie Coupes), and a 302 Windsor EFI in a '95 model EF Fairmont. I don't really intend putting one in my Cozy, at least not yet, but I'd like to see how it was done. Quote Adrian Smart Cozy IV #1453 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EracerFL Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 There was an article in the Dec 06 Kitplanes magazine on page 16. It says the original engine was a cast-iron 302 with aluminum heads. This evolved to an aluminum block with steel sleeves bored and stroked to 360 cubic inches 11:1 compression pistons, , billet crank and other racing parts, 270 hp at 3500 rpm reported to burn 6 gph at 200 mph. Full throttle below 9000 ft will push the Long-Ez past the VNE of 220 mph (190ts). Edelbrock Jr. manifold machined to lower the carb. which is a Holley 2bbl 500 cfm. with a special metering block for leaning. It uses a VW Rabbit racing radiator mounted below the engine and a Stewart water pump. Cool stuff in the pictures are the 8 exhaust pipes coming out of the cowling trailing edge, the large circular cowling outlet with a large Hershey kiss spinner and 3-blade prop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Woodward Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 Hi Raikil I don't really intend putting one in my Cozy, at least not yet, but I'd like to see how it was done. Why not but one in a Cozy 4 ? im looking into doing so. :banana: :banana: Quote Standard Cozy IV builder only 2 mods, because I want to get into the air fast. At CH7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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