stol wrote:

My Zenith 801 is running a 347 cu in all aluminum Ford V-8. I detuned
it to about 310 hp to keep the plane from breaking in half and on
take
off I am burning 11.8-12.3 an hour.

Ben,

This equates to a BSFC of about 0.22 , essentially "impossible".



Remember, on aircooled motors they use 30-40 % of
the fuel just to cool the heads/cylinders.

Please explain the reasoning behind this (IMHO bizarre ) statement.


Sid Knox
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