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Tom · Post by **Tom** » Tue Feb 25, 2014 6:46 am

New member on Rivet Bangers , been building a slow build 8 for about 1800 hours on and off for 5 years . I have it disassembled and painting it now . It has a Ly-Con built io360 putting out 250 hp ,4 into 1 AWI James Cowl ,Plenum and Pants ,Todd's Canopy ,Using DuPont Chromabase /Clear .
I am located in Ormond Beach Fl . May hangar it in Flagler County .
Photos Soon .

Tom A

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Tue Feb 25, 2014 7:29 am

Welcome to Rivetbangers Tom! Looking forward to the pics!

Post by **Spike** » Tue Feb 25, 2014 8:25 am

Welcome to the group! Love to have you!

John

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Tue Feb 25, 2014 6:12 pm

Hi Tom!

Sounds like quite a machine you are assembling!

I will be flying soon. Perhaps I will run down to Florida and say hello soon!?!

Welcome to the forum!

CJ

Vlad · Post by **Vlad** » Tue Feb 25, 2014 7:27 pm

Tom wrote:New member on Rivet Bangers , been building a slow build 8 for about 1800 hours on and off for 5 years . I have it disassembled and painting it now . It has a Ly-Con built io360 putting out 250 hp ,4 into 1 AWI James Cowl ,Plenum and Pants ,Todd's Canopy ,Using DuPont Chromabase /Clear .
I am located in Ormond Beach Fl . May hangar it in Flagler County .
Photos Soon .

Tom A

Verry good. Welcome another 666

Vlad · Post by **Vlad** » Tue Feb 25, 2014 7:28 pm

captain_john wrote:

Perhaps I will run down to Florida and say hello soon!?!

Welcome to the forum!

CJ

Or you can ask me to go, check it out and bring the report

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Tue Feb 25, 2014 7:51 pm

Vlad, that sounds like a fun trip!

Let's go this summer!

Another trrrrrrrippul six guy! How bad can he be!?!

hahahaha

CJ

Post by **bullojm1** » Wed Feb 26, 2014 7:53 am

Hi Tom,

Welcome to Rivetbangers!You're going to have a very fast RV-8 with that Lycon 250 HP angle valve engine! I can't wait to hear performance reports when you get flying.

Do you know what Lycon does to get that HP out of the IO-360? High compression pistons I assume..... but what else?

Joe Parish · Post by **Joe Parish** » Wed Feb 26, 2014 5:28 pm

Welcome to RB's Tom. Look forward to seeing pictures after the paint job. Are you doing the paint yourself?

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Sat Mar 01, 2014 6:25 pm

The Ly-Con engine has 10:0 pistons that are ceramic coated , the cylinders are brand new Lycoming Angle Valve with long reach plugs that have been flowed and ported . Really looking forward to flying behind it .
I am painting it myself , I have some painting experience , mostly it is attention to detail and cleanliness .I have a 10x20 pressurized temporary paint booth set up in my warehouse . The wings and fuselage are on rolling rotisseries .
How do I post photos off an iPad or iPhone ?
Tom

spikescopilot · Post by **spikescopilot** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 6:17 pm

Tom,

To post photos on the web, you will need to be able to host them somewhere. PhotoBucket is a pretty popular place, they'll give you some free space for uploading photos as well as the ability to link to them. Rivetbangers.com also offers a free photo gallery to people who are members as well.

-- Patti

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