Dave,
You hit that one on the nose for me.
I liked the ZDZ's initially, and after reading up on them. I have pretty much settled on that engine choice. A few folks I know from Ohio built their yellow P-40s with 80s in the cowl. They had inverted pitts style mufflers. With a little creativity, they were able to fit those side mounted mufflers under the cowl, with no cutting. So I figure ZDZ 80, scale exhaust, and bigger 3 blade prop would be a great combo. I am just going to have to get VERY creative with ballast in the tail from what I hear. Maybe some lead filled brass tubing in the vert stab. But that is the fun part! Right?....Now if I can just explain that to my personal financial advisor......... (Wife)
She's Hungarian...maybe if I play the ZDZ/Eastern European relation card. I'm grasping for straws here people........Shoulda been a doctor........