ID the type that used this J-34 engine?

[Chris Brame]

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

[sandiego89]

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.

[vernicator]

Cutaway for reference: Link to cutaway image of J34

[Cutlass]

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

[Tiger Tim]

Perhaps those are afterburner injectors near the end of the hot section?

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.