N941WR
Legacy Member
While at OSH this year I stopped by the ECI tent to see if they had any new tricks up their sleeves. During the conversation I asked them if they had any idea how much HP a stock ECI O-360 actually puts out.
I asked because when I fist started flying my re-powered RV-9 Craig Catto made me three props before he got the pitch right. This prompted Craig to say, "You are putting out closer to 200 HP than 180." which always remained in the back of my head. (I'm always leery of BS HP claims in cars, boats, motorcycles, planes, weedeaters, etc.)
The only question the guy asked was which cylinders I had. When I pointed to the cutaway of their tapered cylinder on display he smiled and said, "That experimental cylinder has a different intake valve design than their certified cylinder." We discussed that this design helps get more air in the cylinder and that it also helps atomize the fuel-air mixture better for more power/fuel economy.
Just putting this out there and wondering if anyone else has noticed this.
I asked because when I fist started flying my re-powered RV-9 Craig Catto made me three props before he got the pitch right. This prompted Craig to say, "You are putting out closer to 200 HP than 180." which always remained in the back of my head. (I'm always leery of BS HP claims in cars, boats, motorcycles, planes, weedeaters, etc.)
The only question the guy asked was which cylinders I had. When I pointed to the cutaway of their tapered cylinder on display he smiled and said, "That experimental cylinder has a different intake valve design than their certified cylinder." We discussed that this design helps get more air in the cylinder and that it also helps atomize the fuel-air mixture better for more power/fuel economy.
Just putting this out there and wondering if anyone else has noticed this.