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Old January 4th 04, 01:23 PM
Larry Smith
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"Roland M" wrote in message
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Looking people who have inverted motors and would like to talk about
it.


That engine is not the easiest to find. It was a lightweight aluminum V-8
installed in Buicks and Oldsmobiles during the seventies. It turned the
prop at crankshaft speed, had high compression, and put Steve Wittman into
the bushes a couple of times. The last I paid any attention to the engine
it had been sold by GM to Rover and was being used in Land Rovers.

A man adapted a similar engine to his Beachner Special and flew it for
several hundred hours, but not inverted, until it killed him.