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Walter,
I love to talk to racers. I fly the exact stock engine nearly every day.
It has a different tune on it but my plane is truly a Sport racer. The week
before the 2003 Reno races I was not going to compete because of the time I
was spending on the Epic program. I received a call from the Reno Sport
guys and was asked to consider racing. I changed the oil and filter, put in
new spark plugs did a full condition and flew to Reno. I changed the fuel
flow and that was all the race prep I did from my daily flying set up.
You can race a stock, Supercharged aircraft that you fly everyday and be
competitive.
MY ENGINE IS COMPLETLY STOCK.
There are no other issues. The Supercharger is a great solution for flying
and I have proved it with my aircraft.
Regards,
Rick
on 3/16/05 4:37 PM, Marvin Kaye at marv@lancaironline.net wrote:
Posted for Walter Atkinson <walter@advancedpilot.com>:
Rick:
Congratulations on your success. I have been part of a race team in Reno as
well. (we scored three GOLD second place finishes in T-6s.) I also raced a
Porsche in the Mexico City Grand Prix, so auto racing is not foreign to me
either. It's a rush but it does require a different set of issues being
addressed than engines which are used for every day use and have different
longevity and efficiency concerns. If I were to race my airplane, I would
make some changes in the current engine set-up.
No one is taking issue with your racing success using that supercharger
system. That is a very different issue than the normal flying conditions we
encounter as pilots of GA aircraft and as I have pointed out, the problems of
the gear/belt-driven superchargers are minimized at WOT.... as in the
condition you have listed. There is no disagreement on that. Again,
congratulations.
I would suggest that being intercooled would be a much better situation for
your engine and it could have made up the difference in being second place.
That also would increase the detonation margin for you. IN YOUR CASE, being
intercooled could increase the HP output since there is no exhaust
backpressure issue.
Walter
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