Dan Luke wrote:
"Newps" wrote:

And there are speed mods for the 182 also. I believe the best
you can do with the 230 hp engine is about 155 KTAS.


With a turbo, right?

No, this is not a turbo and you would get those speeds at about 8,000
MSL. There's a whole bunch of guys on the Cessna Pilots Assoc
discussion boards that go in for these types of mods, trying to wring
every knoe out of the airframe. I skim thru that area every now and
again to see what they are talking about.


But then you don't have what I think of as a 182 anymore.


Why not?

If you were to see pictures of these guys planes they look horrible to
me. Wheel pants that leave about an inch of tire below the pant. Fully
enclosed nose strut and brakes. Streamlined main gear leg fairings.
Astroturf between the spinner and cowl. New cowls with the small
openings. You've now taken a capable multi surface plane and made it a
pavement only machine. Might as well have Jay's plane.