Here we’ve connected the other side runner to the oil cooler mount. Air to oil cooler For formatting only Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisci elit, sed eiusmod tempor incidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea […]
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Obsolete: We are currently running without an air filter as it restricted engine RPM. Bob and Jerry are pretty much responsible for this, so I won’t take credit. Bob made the mold for the glass and Jerry found a way to mount it to the engine mount with adel clamps. The duct run ends up pretty […]
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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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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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