December 19th 04, 04:08 AM
On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 21:55:46 +1100, mastic <donttry@thisaddress>
wrote:
>There is a new Yahoo group that you may want to join about the
>Geo/Suzuki engines for use in aircraft.
>The one litre engine weighs a little more than a Rotax 582 and
>produces 62 HP in standard naturally aspirated form but with a better
>torque curve while using only half the fuel. The 1.3 litre produces
>around 90 HP in standard form.
>Of course they both produce far more power when turbo charged.
>Both gear and cog belt type redrives are available for reasonable cost
>as well as many other bolt on components.
>
>The new groups home page is:
>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FlyGeo_uncensored
The one liter is a 3 cyl engine and has some NASTY torque peak and
harmonics issues. If you are thinking Zooks, think 1300cc and above -
which are 4 cyl and MUCH easier to tame.
wrote:
>There is a new Yahoo group that you may want to join about the
>Geo/Suzuki engines for use in aircraft.
>The one litre engine weighs a little more than a Rotax 582 and
>produces 62 HP in standard naturally aspirated form but with a better
>torque curve while using only half the fuel. The 1.3 litre produces
>around 90 HP in standard form.
>Of course they both produce far more power when turbo charged.
>Both gear and cog belt type redrives are available for reasonable cost
>as well as many other bolt on components.
>
>The new groups home page is:
>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FlyGeo_uncensored
The one liter is a 3 cyl engine and has some NASTY torque peak and
harmonics issues. If you are thinking Zooks, think 1300cc and above -
which are 4 cyl and MUCH easier to tame.