I'm a volunteer at the RAAFA Aviation Heritage Museum in Perth.
There is a gyrocopter being restored there.
It has an 1835 cc VW engine with the serial number 126-078601.
I can't find that number or anything like it in my copy of Muir.
It also has the words:- HI-SPEED CONV. A0.9 stamped on the engine case, beside the distributor, which does not look like a standard distributor.
Can someone please tell me what the engine is and what the stamping means?
LOWBUG ·
Sounds cool get some pics.
farkengruven ·
It is/was an industrial engine.
shaihulud ·
Sorry.
Pics are not possible as it's been stripped and there are bits all over the work shop.
I'll post some pics when the restoration is finished.
dangerous ·
Hi-Speed conversions is a company in
WA that has been building aircraft and speedway engines(and everything else aircooled VW) for 40 years.
They will identify what the details are based on the numbers.
shaihulud ·
It appears that Hi-Speed Conversions was in Brown Street East Perth. It has closed down.
It was managed by Gerry Prosser of Gerry Kay Mechanical of Morley in Perth.