Time for our Annual (condition inspection). Ray, our tech counselor, came over with this compression checker and we checked each cylinder. Next, we cleaned each plug and pulled the fuel injectors and filter screens and put them in the ultrasonic cleaner with some Hoppe’s gun cleaner (recommended by our engine shop). Next we checked all of […]
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Obsolete: We are currently running without an air filter as it restricted engine RPM. We’ve built the air filter box by making a male mold with some blue foam large enough to clear the filter media and flange out. The filter will have AL plates on both sides so we can clamp it air tight. The […]
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Here you can see the slip joints that will seal our new runners. You can see that I made downward facing tabs and buried a brass 10×32 anchor in flox behind the inner tab to secure them. The air filter isn’t going to work out, it rubs the wing too hard, so I’m looking at […]
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Getting close to finishing the new plenum installation. You can see here the new oil door in the plenum which opens into the cowling door. I like this a lot better, as it allows me to get my hand all around the dipstick and allows the cooling air to flow around the engine better. I […]
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I’m finalizing the new cooling plenum. First note that I’m making a pop-up oil door instead of the factory style yogurt-cup bump down like I mentioned previously. This door will pop up into the cowling door and allow me to get my hand down onto the dipstick while also allowing for better airflow. Note also […]
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Here you can see we’ve glassed Triax over the stub-to-runner seam. I saw Andy do this and liked it. However, after it was cured I didn’t think it mated or “pushed up” enough on the seam to seal it. So I decided to retape the runner, lay some BID on there, schmooey across that to […]
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