xnavyguy69

Good question. I have a fabricated 1/2 " plate with an 8 shiv pulley bolted to the flywheel. There are 2 lift fans powered by belt drive and the propellor is also powered by the pulley. Each lift fan has a Gates belt that is wide enough to take 2 shives each and the propellor belt is wide enough to take up 4 shives on the pulley. So I split the power at the pulley. I had great success flying the hovercraft , but when I built I made it AlaskaTough, I had to add some extra weight with a few extra layers of fiberglass in a few crucial places, like the bottom and sides. The extra weight slowed things down a bit. So I got a larger prop, and now I need more power. The idea of a donor car is great except that I live in remote Alaska in a small fishing village and all old Subarus are still running. I want a brand new overhauled, guaranteed engine. I want reliability, when you break down here you are in the wilderness ALONE !!! Only big bad bears that want to eat you are there to give you a helping hand !! Haha !! I found a site that builds helicopters using ej25 efi engines. They use MAP and have ecu and efi, and only have an air filter on the intake,no air mix box. It looks very simple and should work fine for my needs. AERO HELICOPTER and it is the AK1 model. Check it out. Very cool concept. They use the copters for crop dusting in South Aferica.p

Thanks for the heads up. I found installations using ej25 in small helicopters. The install is pretty much exactly what I need. It is definitely out of the auto engine compartment. Now I just need to hunt the right parts. Thanks again for the help.

To begin with, I live in a remote Alaskan fishing village. Only 600 people here. No modern convience such as parts stores and machine shops. So all parts are ordered online and delivered by airmail. No connection to the interstate system. 250 miles to nearest city. In the wilderness !! I have a home built 20' hovercraft, powered by ea82. Not enough hp. Need to upgrade to something bigger. EJ25 seems like the answer. Do not know what to do to get fuel injection to work properly. What do I need to do for a plug and run engine. I do have friends with the skills to get it right. Is there a way to get fuel injection to work. Will I need a pressurized fuel cell ? What will it take or am I on an impossible mission ?? Any and all help greatly appreciated. Thanks Ron