Might make it a little difficult to fly.

 

I suppose Dart doesn't make a SHP block for that.

 

It'll be in the Vendors section of TeamWarhawk with stroker crank.

If I understand correctly replacement Merlin parts can be purchased (for a price) new, but what is the market for the Allison?

air cooled now!

lol On a more serious note I thought P-40s were air cooled

 

air cooled now!

 

he was lucky to land it

 

When you throw a rod through the side of your 350 or 454, you just round up another block and rebuild.

...and you don't have to deal with that whole "falling out of the sky" thing either.

 

That'll buff out.

 

He shoulda had a V-8!

 

I tried getting a picture for you today Tom. I was on a jobsite when I heard just a powerful rumble. It kept getting louder and louder, and I knew what it was. I ran outside and looked around and a very large group of Warbirds came over, several packs of them practicing formations. I love this time of year around here. Had what i think was a B-52 come over today as well. Low and slow and making a huge amount of noise as well. That sound had to send chills up the spines of many a German back in WWII.

Jeff

 

Call Jay Leno and get another..

 

Ground view "hey looky thar Maw, thars a brandy new piston out on the back field now ah kin gettin to fixin that old tractah"

 

I don't know how many of you guys have heard one of these allisons at WOT, but the sound is awesome! There used to be a lot of them used in tractor pulling and they do make a racket. I agree with Jeff they do send chills down your spine.

 

File Bankruptcy

 

J.B. Weld it.

 

You just need to find the right junkyard...

 

Well Tom i think for this one J B Weld just wont cut it , if we had all the pieces we could try Steel -Tex way better than J/B weld and as a last resort Belzona Molecular Metal LOL. Glad the plane landed that,s a piece of history , Claire Chenault must be smilin another p-40 landed .:yes: Alex

 

on a lighter note, we recently had a combined WW2 planes/50's60's jets/car show at Teterboro airport and I got to see a couple of jets and a B17 fly over my neighborhood.When the B17 was flying over i heard it and ran out the back door to look up and see it flying almost directly over the house, so I ran back through the house and caught it as it flew away,back home I guess.
.Poiint is you can hear the engine note change as it climbs,I wonder what that V12 sounded like when it was wounded.

 

Tom I beleive I saw one of them in Don Garlits museum in Ocala, FL. Maybe he would be willing to donate it.

 

Anyone here go back to the 50s and Art Afrons GREEN MONSTER drag car? It was powered by an Allison engine.

 

The first thing you do is crap your pants. Then you'd better be finding a place to put her down. Hot oil and exhaust don't mix.... especially in the air. Good job landing the plane and saving another warbird. Hats off to the pilot.

 

Wow, turns out it wast a B-52 I saw yesterday, it was Fifi flying through, the last B29 flying super fortress . Now that is just plane (pun intended) awesome, to see something so important to our history fly right over the top of me. Wish I had known it was her when I saw her.

Jeff

 

last one flying!!

 

Change shorts first, then start research on new project "engine".

 

Time for an LSX swap.

 

History of the Allison engine:

http://www.outlawpulling.com/PDF/Allison Aircraft Engine.pdf

 

Well that sucks.

Appears from the first photo though that they've already got a new spare ready to be installed.

 

IIRC, the scarcity if the Allison engines is why they stopped using them in pulling tractors back some time ago.