Chris,  I forgot to add that on the down side, the alternator is a Plane Power 30A  on the Vacuum Pump  pad. I wanted to save weight by doing away with the steel brackets, fan belt, I even machined off the pulley on the flywheel. Removing weight from the front of the engine allow me to move the battery to the passenger inside firewall, an Odyssey 680 I believe. This minimized the wiring thus saving more weight. My empty weight came out  at 1081#  with full leather interior.  

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Zavatson <chris_zavatson@yahoo.com>
To: lml <lml@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Thu, Jul 11, 2013 8:10 am
Subject: [LML] Re: forward mounted fuel injection

Steve,

Where did the alternator go?

Chris

From: steve <n5276j@aol.com>
To: lml@lancaironline.net
Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 6:21 AM
Subject: [LML] Re: forward mounted fuel injection

Harper,

 

You can buy a forward facing cold air intake and sump from AERO . You can also get a y shaped tube with a shutter for either ram or filtered air from Air flow performance. The down side is you will have to modified the cowl air scoop  and build a custom exhaust. The upside is more power and better looking cowl.  

 

Steve Alderman  N25SA  360

-----Original Message-----
From: Harper Jones <crazydocjones@hotmail.com>
To: lml <lml@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Wed, Jul 10, 2013 1:37 pm
Subject: [LML] Re: forward mounted fuel injection

Chris,

This looks like something that might work.  I have a milling machine and a lathe and could easily turn and mill those pieces.  Do you know if there are any drawings wandering around.  Thanks.

Harper

To: lml@lancaironline.net
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2013 16:29:31 -0400
From: chris_zavatson@yahoo.com
Subject: [LML] Re: forward mounted fuel injection

Harper,

Here is another one.  The difficulty with any forward facing injector is the limited space available forward of the injector.  Using a 90 or 90+ deg elbow such as Johannes has is quite popular.  The cowl scoop is much deeper in that case and from the outside will look more like a carbureted installation. 

The attached photos are of a set-up using a K&N conical filter inside of a fiberglass diffuser (not yet trimmed in the photo).  Alternate air is provided by rotating a ring at the aft end which causes the slots to open up.

There is a lot of variety out there in IO induction systems.

 

Chris Zavatson

N91CZ

360std

http://www.n91cz.net/

From: Johannes Schredl <jschredl@web.de>
To: lml@lancaironline.net
Sent: Tuesday, July 9, 2013 5:15 AM
Subject: [LML] AW: forward mounted fuel injection

Harper,

 

i have a Lancair 320  with an IO-320D1B and a 90° forward swapped injector. I have not Chris´s cowling. In addition I use a small air filter box with bypass.

However I have to say my engine does not run very smooth in idle rpm. I  can´t tell this is caused by 90° injector design.

However the cowling looks nice J

 

Hans

D-ESWS.

 

 

 

Von: Harper Jones [mailto:crazydocjones@hotmail.com?]
Gesendet: Sonntag, 7. Juli 2013 23:02
An: lml@lancaironline.net
Betreff: forward mounted fuel injection

 

How have others handled the intake for a forward mounted  fuel injection on a 320 with Chris Zavatson's cowl?  Do most people run a straight pipe from the cowl to the injector body (w/ a flexible component) , pipe with a screen or a very small filter housing? 

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