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It will certainly work and makes making a good seal between rad & diffuser easier BUT, I'm thinking that oil changes would be a problem (not to mention messy) unless you have enough hose length to eliminate having to disconnect everything when dropping the cowl. Do you have enough access room to drain oil without dropping lower cowl?
I do put a high priority on making almost everything FWF in an alternative engine installation easy to inspect. With a unique installation you never know where the trouble spots might be.
Tracy Crook
On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 2:23 AM, Ernest Christley <echristley@nc.rr.com> wrote:
Jim stopped by to have a look at my Delta project (and the lack of progress thereof). I pointed out that I plan to mount my second radiator directly to the engine cowling. He didn't think it was a good idea.
I still don't think it will be a problem, because I have such wide open access to the engine with the hood open. It'll be just like a fender mounted component in a car. The duct will also make the cowling stiffer. The nose provides a portion of lift in the Delta, so mounting a radiator there will provide for an extremely short load path.
Basically, I'm looking for a good reason* not to use the cowl as a mounting point.
*"We've always done it that way" is not considered a reason for this discussion.
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