X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 00:12:45 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from imo-d22.mx.aol.com ([205.188.144.208] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.2) with ESMTP id 852574 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 30 Nov 2005 23:39:21 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.188.144.208; envelope-from=RWolf99@aol.com Received: from RWolf99@aol.com by imo-d22.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r6.3.) id q.dd.32ac5ede (3310) for ; Wed, 30 Nov 2005 23:31:49 -0500 (EST) From: RWolf99@aol.com X-Original-Message-ID: X-Original-Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 23:31:49 EST Subject: Re: IO360-B1F X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1133411509" X-Mailer: 9.0 SE for Windows sub 5022 X-Spam-Flag: NO -------------------------------1133411509 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Angier - I have the same engine configuration that you do. I do not recall the red plastic spacer (well, perhaps a vague memory) but I do have a phenolic spacer which (as I recall) is 1/2 inch thick. I have the same 90 degree Airflow Performance elbow that you are contemplating -- I think the phenolic spacer came with that. One thing I had to do was to swap the fuel outlet fitting on the fuel servo with the plug on the opposite side. As delivered, the fuel output fitting pointed right at the exhaust pipe. Now it comes out the bottom and is too close to the cowl scoop for a standard AN fitting. (I had some fiberglass guru help and remade the cowl scoop -- I did not use the part supplied by Lancair. I probably should have swapped out the fitting first and left enough room for a standard AN fitting. Oh well, next time...) You are correct -- there is very little room between the fuel outlet fitting and the bottom of the cowl. A standard 90 degree AN elbow fitting did not leave enough room. I used a "test fitting" made by Parker. While not an AN fitting, it is indistinguishable from a Lycoming fuel pump fitting, and both I and my A&P are happy with it. If you want, I can pick one up for you at the Parker store I drive by every day. It's only $8 -- consider it a gift. Let me know. You may be able to use a standard AN fitting if you do not use the phenolic spacer or are more careful with your cowl scoop. (Your fiberglass work is impeccable so I suspect that any clearance problems are not of your own making, as mine were.) Since the phenolic spacer came with the elbow, you might get an answer from Airflow Performance as to its necessity, or the necessity of your thinner plastic spacer. I will be working with my A&P this weekend and I will ask him about it also. One other thing -- you will need a bracket to hold your mixture and throttle cables. Vans Aircraft makes one that's really close. You would need to cut off the ends and make a small aluminum standoff to make it work. I'll take pictures this weekend and send them along. The standoff material is hard to find (1.5 x 1.5 square tubing) and I'll be buying a four-foot length and using only three inches. I can send you a leftover piece if you like what you see in the pictures. - Rob Wolf -------------------------------1133411509 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Angier -

I have the same engine configuration that you do. I do not recall= the=20 red plastic spacer (well, perhaps a vague memory) but I do have a phenolic=20 spacer which (as I recall) is 1/2 inch thick. I have the same 90 degre= e=20 Airflow Performance elbow that you are contemplating -- I think the phenolic= =20 spacer came with that.

One thing I had to do was to swap the fuel outlet fitting on the fuel s= ervo=20 with the plug on the opposite side. As delivered, the fuel output fitt= ing=20 pointed right at the exhaust pipe. Now it comes out the bottom and is=20= too=20 close to the cowl scoop for a standard AN fitting. (I had some fibergl= ass=20 guru help and remade the cowl scoop -- I did not use the part supplied by=20 Lancair. I probably should have swapped out the fitting first and left= =20 enough room for a standard AN fitting. Oh well, next time...)=20

You are correct -- there is very little room between the fuel outlet=20 fitting and the bottom of the cowl. A standard 90 degree AN elbow fitt= ing=20 did not leave enough room. I used a "test fitting" made by Parker.&nbs= p;=20 While not an AN fitting, it is indistinguishable from a Lycoming fuel pump=20 fitting, and both I and my A&P are happy with it. If you want, I c= an=20 pick one up for you at the Parker store I drive by every day. It's onl= y $8=20 -- consider it a gift. Let me know.

You may be able to use a standard AN fitting if you do not use the phen= olic=20 spacer or are more careful with your cowl scoop. (Your fiberglass work= is=20 impeccable so I suspect that any clearance problems are not of your own maki= ng,=20 as mine were.) Since the phenolic spacer came with the elbow, you migh= t=20 get an answer from Airflow Performance as to its necessity, or the necessity= of=20 your thinner plastic spacer. I will be working with my A&P this=20 weekend and I will ask him about it also.

One other thing -- you will need a bracket to hold your mixture and=20 throttle cables. Vans Aircraft makes one that's really close. Yo= u=20 would need to cut off the ends and make a small aluminum standoff to make it= =20 work. I'll take pictures this weekend and send them along. The=20 standoff material is hard to find (1.5 x 1.5 square tubing) and I'll=20 be buying a four-foot length and using only three inches. I can s= end=20 you a leftover piece if you like what you see in the pictures.

- Rob Wolf

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