Guys...reached a major milestone w/ the completion of my engine mount
and trial fitting of my engine and cowls. Everything seems to be
true, level, and properly aligned w/ prop flange offset as per manual.
Offset required some tweaking of the footwells; looks like the offset
will also require two small blisters on the top cowl...one for the
front corner of the stbd fuel rail, and one for an offending edge of
the starter motor housing. Cowls are from Alex Bowman's molds who used
them w/ his Honda/CAM 125 engine. I'll be needing a 2.5 to 3 inch prop
hub extension.
Now on to the inlet and exit ducts for the 2 radiators...exhaust
system to follow; if anyone has had experience w/ so called "Swiss
mufflers", I'd love to hear about it.
Engine from RAM Performance w/ MPEFI; dual inlet ports (one per
cylinder) produces 140 hp @ 5500 rpm; Autoflite PSRU means prop
rotation will be counter-clockwise.
Fred
...jus eatin the elephant...one bite at a time...
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