Steve Pierce
BENEFACTOR
Steve Pierce said:Anybody know anything about this conversion or this particular airplane.
http://tappix.com/732216
Jeepers Steve, you just got a pacer. That 185 is QUITE an upgrade but at least you can take the whole family in it.
sj
I think there is a Yates conversion for 180's using an O-540.Has anybody heard of a straight 540 conversion, no turbo?
Student Pilot said:Has anybody heard of a straight 540 conversion, no turbo?
jmkota said:I have no personal knowledge, but the late Mark Hawkins told me that he knew of at least one that had major cooling issues.
I know it's an old thread, but I'm interested in an O-540 conversion for a C180 and haven't had much luck finding info. Wipaire puts the Lycoming 580 on the new 182, curious if the mount would fit a 180 firewall? I'd love a 300hp carbed 540 on a light 180 turning a 90" mccauley.
Was this airplane formerly N5391R serial # 18503033? If so, I'm the one who installed that automatic waistgate as it was not part of the STC. When it had the manual waist gate the turbo would not come up to speed until well into the takeoff run. This was not helpful when looking for quick take off power on the water. Without that big heavy weight on the tail it was extremely nose heavy. I see that it now has a ventral fin, that is good since without it along with the Flint extended wings it was very unstable.I recently purchased a 1976 A185F with the TurboTech TIO-540-J2BD 350 HP conversion.
Steve,
Remove the top cowl on one of those babies and you still can't see the engine. They have a plenum (if that's the right word) for a set of baffles.
A friend has one in Fairbanks, and loves it. He flys it a fair bit on floats and skis both, and swears by it. Lots of power, but all heat and complexity issues associated with a turbo-anything.
Also a heavy motor for a 185. But, man are they smooth.
MTV