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Think I just hear crickets ;) Will have to get by with only 160 HP.
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Is Ace Performance still in business?

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PlaneDan wrote:I am imagining. I wonder what the price range will be?

I worked up a quote this week to convert a wide deck 360 to R360 and it was $24,000. The conversion from a wide deck 320 to ACE-335 would be about the same. For a comparison we presently can overhaul any 320 narrow deck or wide deck to X0-340 for around 16k.

Here is a Xio-340 from titan
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New R360 from Titan range from $33,500 for (mag/carb) to $37,000 for full efii duel electric/fuel engine. I expect the ACE-335 will be close to the same.

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From their website:

409 Lycoming Upgrade Kit

Upgrade you’re existing wide deck 320 or 360 Lycoming engine into 409 cubic inches of power with our exclusive crank, lightweight rods, and piston kit. Kit cost $21,500

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I am imagining. I wonder what the price range will be?
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The power of an O-360 and the weight of a Corvair. These will be some tough requirements to meet, will be interesting to see. Imagine flying a Panther with an empty weight in the low 700s with 180 HP?

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