427 gm airplane block

[P.J.]

time to change subject.
The original owner of my factory ordered 68 Camaro L78 black on black m22 488s.
worked at the time for GM as a enjineere. He as on the team that was developing the NASCAR motor. He told me that GM
gave him several 427 BLOCKs to try out in my 68 Camaro that were made for aircraft. This block was thicker walled than the regular 427.(Ran cooler).<he also told me that some of these blocks got out onto the production line and gave GM much trouble. Has anybody ever heard of this happening??
I Know that this guy is a respected drag racing legend
in Winsor Ontario.
PJ

[Stefano]

I don't know anything about airplanes, but that sounds like a very heavy proposition?

[P.J.]

Have you ever seen an enjine on a BEAVER its heavy for a single enjine bush plane yet I think they built over one thousand of them.
lots of moose hunters know.
PJ

[Bob Jenkins]

there was a replica P-51 at Sun-n-Fun last year with a big block chevy 502 in it. I think it was a 7/8 scale and it sounded pretty good. The guy who flew it seemed happy with it's performance....here is a link:

http://www.seas.ucla.edu/~osmith/s51/

[budnate]

man that is cool!! motor looked right at home in it, dyno pulls looked strong to, 6 inch headers had to sound cool

[nuch_ss396]

Let's see: A 70% scale big block powered P-51D. How do you say sweet?

Now this is the only 427 powered Mustang I'd care to see.
Hell, it would be a blast to fly too! Awesome!

Is this friggin thing cool - or what!

[mockingbird812]

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Have you ever seen an enjine on a BEAVER its heavy for a single enjine bush plane yet I think they built over one thousand of them.
lots of moose hunters know.
PJ

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Navy Test Pilot School (NAS Patuxent River, MD) keeps (kept) a Beaver in its inventory as one of the many different types of planes for studs to experience. Not very pretty.

[P.J.]

Nice

how do you do a smoke show in a plane

PJ

[nuch_ss396]

Come on for a hard landing !