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Subject: Re: [LML] Re: hot #2 Cyl TSIO 550 revisit
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Pete:

Can you get us a photo?

Regards, Bill H.


On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 10:17 AM, pete@leapfrogventures.com
<pete@leapfrogventures.com> wrote:
> John,
>
>
>
> #2 was also my hottest cylinder.=A0 First I installed the concave insert =
that
> was listed in one of the on-line articles that allows the air to flow aro=
und
> the shallow fins on the oil cooler side of #2 (is that what you are calli=
ng
> the =93hat box=94?).=A0 However, even with the concave insert, #2 was sti=
ll my
> hottest.=A0 At that point I remembered that my engine, which I got from a
> salvage of Adam aircraft inventory, came with a piece of baffling for the
> oil box that had a scoop installed inside the oil box that directed air
> around to the lower right side of the cylinder.=A0 The scoop was =BE=94 d=
eep at
> the top and flush at the bottom, and about 3=94 wide (the width of the lo=
ng
> fins on the cylinder).=A0 I moved this scoop from the discarded Adam baff=
ling
> piece onto the Lancair oil box (the hole was nearly the same size as the
> previous concave shaped part I had installed before).=A0 Not only did thi=
s
> solve my #2 CHT problem (it is now one of my coolest cylinders), but it d=
id
> not noticeably affect oil temps.=A0 A win-win.
>
>
>
> Pete
>
>
>
> From: John Barrett [mailto:jbarrett@carbinge.com]
> Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2012 12:35 PM
> To: lml@lancaironline.net
> Subject: hot #2 Cyl TSIO 550 revisit
>
>
>
> Hello all,
>
>
>
> In April I asked some questions about this issue of =A0managing the cooli=
ng
> flow for #2 cylinder and there was a prolific and enlightening response t=
hat
> helped a lot.=A0 The most common piece of advice was to build what was te=
rmed
> a =93hat box=94 in the forward wall of the oil cooler box to allow more a=
ir
> around the back and bottom of this cylinder.
>
>
>
> Someone posted a photo of that fix and it was excellent.=A0 Now I=92m rea=
dy to
> go to work on this project and I=92ve searched my data bases in different
> computers for that photo for a couple of hours to no avail.=A0 I=92m hopi=
ng that
> whoever was kind enough to post that picture will resend.
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> John Barrett, CEO
>
> Leading Edge Composites
>
> PO Box 428
>
> Port Hadlock, WA 98339
>
>
>
> www.carbinge.com
>
>