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Spotted this on GovDeals; would the intake ID it to a specific aircraft type?






Link: https://www.govdeals.com/index.cfm?fa=M ... acctid=357

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I don't think so. The pointy "bullet" (left side of picture #1) is actually the exhaust end I believe, and this is usually mostly hidden underneath additional tail pipe shrouding in most applications, but was common to all versions I believe. It also seems to missing the starter motor on the center of the intake side, which was a smaller dome shaped fairing- (looks like a Corsair center prop hub). Perhaps those are afterburner injectors near the end of the hot section? That may help narrow the application as not all J34s versions had afterburner.

Cutaway for reference: Link to cutaway image of J34

Any clue on the dash number? If it's a -22, I'll buy it!

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They look to be EGT probes from where I'm sitting.

A quick look at the list of J-34 applications from Wikipedia shows that they seem to have been in a lot of prototypes, short production runs, and Neptunes:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westinghouse_J34

Playing the odds game, I'd say this one pretty well has to be off a Neptune unless it was forgotten in a corner somewhere for an awfully long time.

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