For those of you who just need to see more of this awesome engine, here are a series of closer pics… Clowning around while Gene drills engine bolt holes Front of engine, showing the engine-driven fuel pump at bottom, backup alternator on the vacuum pad, and oil filter. Top of engine showing the dipstick and […]
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Here we’re installing the engine mount onto the engine. Luckily we got the folks from Magnum (Gene and Gary) to come out to help, as well as Ray our EAA Tech Counselor, as this was quite a chore. Gary Works on the Engine Mount Here we are installing the engine onto the fuselage. First we centered the […]
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The rear mounted oil cooler comes as a kit from the factory. After some playing around with the three pieces and looking at the pictures on the factory website, it becomes apparent how this goes together. Basically you drill a 4″ diameter hole in the cover-plate and install a ducting flange with pop rivets, then […]
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The Pilot’s side controls have been installed. After the panel was modified in the panel, the engine controls were installed in their usual order. The throttle is a simple push-pull with friction lock, whereas the prop and mixture are vernier style. The copilot side will later get a non-friction locking push-pull throttle for flight operations from […]
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Before the mounts can be installed, the firewall protection (a layer of Nomex covered with stainless steel) needs to be installed. First I created a paper template of the firewall to get the shape correct. Firewall Template Next I made a rigid template out of poster-board to trace to the stainless. Poster-Board Template Then I […]
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Fitting the cooling plenum to the engine. Note that the rear-most set of two ignition coils from the previous pictures had to be moved forward to clear the plenum and cowling. Note that once the plenum was fitted, and the runners where sanded slightly to allow them to slide into place, we started to fit […]
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