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    8/17/2020 4:21 PM  #1

    Don
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    My 1st engine swap

     

    8/17/2020 4:41 PM  #2

    6sally6
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    Re: My 1st engine swap

    nice!!6s6

    Get busy Liv'in or get busy Die'n....Host of the 2020 Bash at the Beach/The only Bash that got cancelled  )8
     

    8/17/2020 5:46 PM  #3

    Rudi
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    Re: My 1st engine swap

    Once you complete the wiring on that one tackle this.

    Good work ain't cheap, Cheap work ain't good!   Simple Man
     

    8/17/2020 7:49 PM  #4

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    Re: My 1st engine swap

    So, you installed a Pratt & Whitney R-2800 radial engine in your Mustang. Nice. It would have fit better if you had first pulled the 289 that was in there..... (the caption said the engine was from a DC-6 aircraft - I used to work in the engine teardown shop at Pacific Alaska Airlines many years ago and my job was to tear down those R-2800's we pulled off the DC-6's we flew) Had to be a thrill opening up that huge Stromberg carburetor and letting all 2100 horses loose! I'll bet the steering was a bit stiff and the 2300 lb weight gain in front was hard on the suspension.
     

    68 coupe - 351W, 4R70W, 9" 3.25 -- 65 convertible - 289 4v, C4, 8" 3.00
     

    8/18/2020 5:07 AM  #5

    TKOPerformance
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    Re: My 1st engine swap

    I'm reminded of my uncle's plan to put a V1710 Allison into a two cockpit wooden speedboat...

     

     

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