Wow that is a good deal. Will an Elderbrock intake bolt up to it. The GM heads take a special GM intake, [ports are larger] , and produce less horsepower than a stock in the lower rpm range. Have you read the three " Alternate engines" books put out by "Contact". They published a "Hot Rod" mag. section on chevy V6, showing different power curves with different heads,cams,intakes. Its a good read if your thinking of using the chevy V6. I mounted my rad. behind the landing gear on the belly for better CG. I used two a/c evaperators. This might work on a fast airplane where the air is forced thru the thick core. but on my slow 801 its gets hot. I am in the process of installing a larger alum. rad. One disavantage to belly mount rad. is that it does pick up grass clipping that you have to clean out.
Welcome to the 801 Family Chris, for the record I am using the 8 cyl 180 HP Jabiru with a custom 3-blade Catto prop. You can check out my progress on this site, it is a lot of fun to build this airplane.
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