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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera
Porsche has aggressively gone after every Porsche engine possible. They don't want them in the air anymore. The are are happy to swap them for conventional replacements.
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I am sure Mooney thought it was a good idea at the time with Porsche's experience with air cooled engines. I always thought they would be one of the coolest sounding 4 seaters out there.
One of the guys that founded the Hurst group has a Lancair IVP with an LS engine of some sort. He has won a few of the cross country races with it. My old boss was looking at an inverted V that was made with some ceramics for his IVP. He was told cruise speed would be around 420mph/365kts at FL280. Not bad for a piston plane.