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My impression is that Rusty 1st objective is he would like for
the oil temps to be lower.
You're very perceptive
:-)
Thanks very much to all
for the comments. After looking at my drawing some more, and
comparing it to the pics of the cowl, I can see that I wasn't quite as accurate
as I could have been. Primarily, the core isn't parallel to the
incoming air as the drawing showed. I'll attach some actual photos of the
scoop, to give a better idea. They've been compacted, and enhanced a bit
to make the details show up better. Kinda hard to see much contrast in
that poop colored epoxy.
I was never quite happy
about the way I left that flat wall in the rear end of the scoop, and I almost
smoothed it out a month or so ago. What I was planning to do, is very much
like what Ed showed in his blue markings. I would never have thought to
include any sort of divider. From what I've seen, I think I'll probably
smooth out the rear of the scoop first, and see what that gets me. I can
add a divider if needed later. When I have the cowl off, I can place some
thermocouples around the core to see what the delta T is.
One other thing I should
note- the exit side of the core is pretty ugly. Unfortunately, to get
it in the stock cowl, I had to leave only a few inches for air between the core,
and the oil pan. I'm sure that's not helping me any. The only
fix to this is to reposition the core, which will be far more
hassle. Hopefully, I can compensate with the scoop shape.
Thanks again for all the
comments.
Rusty (currently raining)
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