Cessna 182P - Pponk my O-470 or IO550?

Fascinating conversation especially as a new 182 owner, 1976 182P. Long-term project for me will probably include one of these choices. I like the idea of saving 1 gallon per hour, but in the grand scheme of cost of airplanes that really doesn’t save me that much however having a whole firewall forward, new airplane sounds appealing. I currently have a three bladed hartzell HC-G3YF-1RF on the aircraft, wonder if it would work for the upgrade.
 
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jmsinclair77 said:
Fascinating conversation especially as a new 182 owner, 1976 182P. Long-term project for me will probably include one of these choices. I like the idea of saving 1 gallon per hour, but in the grand scheme of cost of airplanes that really doesn’t save me that much however having a whole firewall forward, new airplane sounds appealing. I currently have a three bladed hartzell HC-G3YF-1RF on the aircraft, wonder if it would work for the upgrade.
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Looks like it. They list this on the site:
  • Hartzell PHC-G3YF-1RF/F8429-6 (3-blade Voyager 80″ Cessna 182 H through R)
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FWIW, I did the XP-470 for my 182P last year. I went with the 2 bladed MT for the weight savings. I'm happy with it, but if my existing prop worked, I wouldn't swap it out.
 
jmsinclair77 said:
Fascinating conversation especially as a new 182 owner, 1976 182P. Long-term project for me will probably include one of these choices. I like the idea of saving 1 gallon per hour, but in the grand scheme of cost of airplanes that really doesn’t save me that much however having a whole firewall forward, new airplane sounds appealing. I currently have a three bladed hartzell HC-G3YF-1RF on the aircraft, wonder if it would work for the upgrade.
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Is a turbo P Ponk an option?
 
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I mean, anything’s possible, but I’ve never heard of one and it’s not a Northpoint STC.
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Yeah - too much free time and was thinking "what if". Dang though, can you imagine a turbo or supercharged normalized P Ponk on a 182? Beast of the beasts. But.... back to reality and waiting for plane to get out of annual. Before it get's shipped off to the avionics shop.
 
We just ordered a PPonk for our 180. The IO 550 too much money and adds complexity
 
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WDD said:
Is a turbo P Ponk an option?
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I know of one owner who I believe got a field approval for putting a FAT supercharger on Pponk. Old threads on the Cessna Pilots Association forum (the old forum, not the new one). I recall him spending most of his spare time trying get the thing to not overheat.
 
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