HOHN

Hey, that $2500 is production level pricing. If you want that one of a kind, you're looking at more like $250,000.

Still interested?

patdaly

Nope, why do you think I asked about the security system????

Mike D

You can get one if you know where to look.

DaveB.inVa

Not to hijack, but I've always been interested in the R3350 from my interest in the B-29. The B-29 didn't use the turbo-compound version and instead had two GE B-22 turbos in parallel feeding the engine mounted supercharger.

Most of the turbo-compounds were used in Lockheed Constellations. It really picked up their fuel economy quite a bit and added a few hundred more horsepower, although at the expense of service ceiling (since the R3350 only had the engine mounted supercharger in the TC versions).

The turbines and associated equipment were referred to then as Power Recovery Turbines although mechanics of the day liked to call them Parts Recovery Turbines!

Another interest was that the R3350 was one of the first mass produced American engines to use direct injection. The first versions were carbureted and had problems with uneven fuel distribution with cylinders on the back row running way too lean.

One old Air Force mechanic I know said his knuckles still hurt any time he saw an R3350.

wannadiesel

A good site for folks interested in the turbocompound 3350's.

http://www.enginehistory.org/engines.htm

Good PDF's in the Wright section.

MikeyB

The grand daddy of diesel compounding.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napier_Nomad

MikeyB