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Mike Lecka's Harley Davidson aircraft engine conversion.

Mike who had a Lancair 320 and built an RV 4 first got the idea to put a Harley engine in his plane in "2000 when they came out with their counter balanced crankshaft."

The engine Mike has is 1450 cc but a 1550 cc of over 100 hp is available now. "For $3995.00 plus $64.00 shipping Harley shipped his brand new engine in a wooden box complete, except for carb, starter, ignition and exhaust.

Mike then added a Nissan flywheel and starter from his local auto recycler, and will be adding a Cessna 150 carb with mixture control and carb heat, as well as an Electro Air twin ignition system.

The total package as he has it now comes in at less than 200 lbs. On his test stand he demonstrated the engine running it from an idle up to 3800 rpm. With his direct drive system and a the three blade Warp Drive prop the stand was really pulling on the tie down straps!

According to Mike Harley engines were popular aircraft engine conversions in the 20's and 30's. This year a conversion was on display at Bike Week in Daytona Florida, and an EAA chapter is just finishing up a 3 year restoration project on a vintage 1930's Harley powered craft which they will have on display at Airventure.

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