A MONSTER engine
I finally received the MONSTER ENGINE (ME), a six cylinder IO-540 engine for my ultimate plane from Oklahoma. She is fuel injected with 270 hp of pure power and weighs in at a robust 400 lbs. The ME came of an Aztec twin engine plane. What a brut! The shipping weight was 607 lb with the turbocharger (which I am not going to use). I love the IO-540’s. They just purr when running and are as smooth as silk. Beside I want to go FAST!!!
The day was spent sealing all the opening cranking it with preserving oil in it. Hopefully with the precautions I have taken to prevent rust, she will be in great shape when I finally start it up years from now. Sometimes a good deal is hard to pass up!
Moved to the my hangar. The wheels are recycled from my oil cart I rebuilt.
Sometimes I suspect I am a closet junk hoarder. There is actually a TV show about people that hoard all kinds of stuff. That’s me! I HATE throwing away wire bits, scraps, little switches, motors, etc because RIGHT after I throw the junk away when working on a new project, I realize it could have been used. I threw away the old engine baffles on the plane today. Just more junk in the shop to deal with.
Wouldn’t you know it this afternoon, I realized it had been a mistake because I needed the scrap aluminum. Crap….. that will teach me.
