From: Epijk@aol.com
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Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 16:38:01 EDT
Subject: Re: 345hp lycoming
To: aaronmay82@lycos.com, lancair.list@olsusa.com
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Aaron:
If you really believe that Zerbach's claim that he can take a stock 260-hp 
(presumably parallel-valve) 540 and add a few ceramics, a magic fuel 
injector, and raise the compression from 8.5 to 10 and make a 32.6% gain in 
power output, then I've got a very nice bridge in Brooklyn which I'd like to 
sell you (for a very attractive price, by the way). 

I can assure you from actual experience that it takes some doing to even see 
an honest 300 HP out of a rated 300 HP, angle-valve Lyc 540 (IO-540-K1A5, for 
example). I've never tried ceramics on an air-cooled engine, but 
well-documented experience with liquid-cooled engines reveal little, if any, 
measurable power gain from the addition of ceramics (there are other benefits 
however).

Now many of the 260 HP injected 540's used the Bendix RSA-5 servo body, which 
is the same size as is used on the injected IO-360's. However, merely 
switching to the larger RSA-10 servo used on the angle-valve 540's will 
achieve the same gain in venturi area and MAYBE a measurable gain in HP, and 
this with certificated AIRCRAFT hardware instead of some form of unknown 
electronics. Trust me when I tell you that making a control computer 
airworthy is a challenging project (I know, having worked on the development 
of the first jet engine FADEC's).

You mentioned weight. How much does this magical liquid-cooled IO-540 weigh 
(the weight of a parallel-valve 260-HP 540 is approximately 400 lbs.) And 
aftger you add the weight of the liquid, the plumbing, the heat exchangers, 
the ductwork, etc.,  THEN how much will it weigh? (And if you've been told 
the liquid-cooled 540 weighs the same as the air-cooled version, do you 
believe it?????????).

I think if the expermental community spent a little more time analyzing the 
wild claims made by peddlers, there would be lots fewer "Bede" situations.

Jack Kane
EPI, Inc.
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