Firewall Forward CAM 100

CAM 100
CAM 100
Type	Piston aircraft engine
National origin	Canada
Manufacturer	Firewall Forward Aero Engines

The Firewall Forward CAM 100 is a 100 hp (75 kW) four-cylinder, four-stroke liquid-cooled piston aircraft engine built by Firewall Forward Aero Engines. Originally designed and built by Canadian Airmotive as the CAM 100 and later marketed by The Cam-Fire Engine Group, it is based on a Honda Civic automotive piston engine.

Applications

Data from World Directory of Leisure Aviation & Firewell Forward Aero Engines

Valvetrain: overhead camshaft
Fuel type: 90 Octane petrol or 100LL aviation petrol
Cooling system: Uses a water-glycol mixture with a camshaft belt driven water pump.
Reduction gear: 2.4:1 reduction ratio (6,000 rpm engine, 2,500 rpm propeller).
Starting system Electric gear reduction starter.

1 2 World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2005/2006. Ivy-sur-Seine, France: Editions Retine. 2005. ISSN 1368-485X.
↑ Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, page 70. BAI Communications. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1
1 2 "CAM 100 Specifications". Firewell Forward Aero Engines. Archived from the original on 2010-10-30. Retrieved 2010-02-12.