Ford 3.8L V6 Engine Conversion

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=65 BGCOLOR="#666699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04e00840erlcjm.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Ford 3.8L V6 Engine Conversion</B></FONT><B>   |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mark Felling.com Dont let life pass you"><B>home</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id370.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="History of N147RB">History of N147RB</A>   |   <B>Ford 3.8L V6 Engine Conversion</B>   |   <A HREF="id372.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Renovation Log">Renovation Log</A>   |   <A HREF="id373.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Renovation Expense Log">Renovation Expense Log</A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=150 BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" TEXT="#080000" background="04811c00egdysm.png"> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=415 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="5" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="816" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 82 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://www.broadenedhorizons.com" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.broadenedhorizons.com"><B><IMG SRC="961dd4b0.png" border=0 width="221" height="75" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="94"><div> <A HREF="http://www.BroadenedHorizons.com" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.BroadenedHorizons.com"><B>"Innovative Solutions for the Mobility Impaired"</B></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="467"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="82" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="467" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div>  <A HREF="id365.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="BD4">My BD-4 N147RB</A> was built quite closely to the original plans with conventional gear (taildragger).  It is equipped with a Ford 3.8L V6 engine converted and equipped for aircraft use with a high capacity Holley electric leaning carb and dual electronic ignition.   It supposed to put out around 230 HP, but many say in reality it puts out closer to 190 HP.  The conversion was done based on design documentation published by the controversial Dave Blanton in the 1980's.  Dave was not a very politically correct guy which got him into hot water with a few organizations from what I understand, but was a good engineer and backed up the conversion with more than 12 years research and experience.  A newsletter (<A HREF="http://markfelling.dnsalias.com/Aviation%20Docs/FV6%20Source%20Letter.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://markfelling.dnsalias.com/Aviation">Info</A> --  <A HREF="http://markfelling.dnsalias.com/Aviation%20Docs/FV6%20Newsletter%20Index.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://markfelling.dnsalias.com/Aviation">Index</A>) concerning this conversion continues to be published by <A HREF="mailto:bafrank@worldnet.att.net" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:bafrank@worldnet.att.net">Bruce Frank</A>. </div> </td> </tr></table></body>