Got the T shirt
The 4360 design was started long before the DC7 was ever thought of...as I mentioned before, specifically for the B36.
When the 4360 was installed on the Stratocruiser, the rear row of cylinders (four rows of seven) ran very hot, simply because the 'twist' (ie; cylinder row offset) was the wrong way 'round, as the engine had been developed for a pusher design.
Sorry...never considered for the DC7...as I grew up less than a mile from where ALL of the DC7's were built, and knew many of the folks involved (engineering project manager a close relative), the 4360 was never on the designers table.
Flew 'em as well...nice aircraft, but noiser than the DC6 (except for the -7C)
Nice try tho....
