I saw the pad, but didn't know what it was.  I looked at the old manifold pics earlier, and saw how closely they fit, but couldn't find pics of the new one.  I really could use a new intake on the RV-3, and I'll buy one of these in a heartbeat, as long as it's reasonably priced.   

 

Also the throttle butterfly opening is about 7.5mm (2.95 inches)  

 

When I looked at the pic with the ruler, I initially thought "7 inches, damn", then I remembered that converting to metrics lie they told us in school 30 years ago :-) 

 

Cheers,

Rusty (leaving soon to verify the fuel flow settings on my EM-2)  

I can't immagine these exactly being cheap.  Expensive will probably be the word we eventually use to describe them.  But I also expect them to be worth the price.    I would get one except for the fact that my turbo would no longer fit...

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Dave Leonard
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