I have a little over an hour of flight time on my airplane now and thought I
would give the group a report. After first flight I decided to change the
exhaust system. I copied Bill Eslick and Tracy's system. I am running Bill's
SpinTech muffler. It is much quieter in the cockpit now and ground reports
indicate that my exhaust is slightly deeper that Bill's but very close.  

I have a long taxi to get to the runway. Temps at takeoff have been 150-180
for oil and 190-210 temp for water. Reaching pattern altitude I am at 210
-215 oil and around 225 for water temp.  After leveling off oil stabilized
to 205 and 210 water.  Lots of room for improvement, but it has been 90 plus
degrees for every flight. On the last flight I noticed the upper cowl is
bulging between fasteners. I am waiting for Bill's upper louver experiment
to decide weather to try to exit the air high or low.  

I am getting about 5000 RPM static and at 140 MPH the engine turns up to
6200 RPM. I would like to do a couple ground runs with a smaller pitch prop
to determine if I am over-propped or just not producing power. If any one
has a smaller pitch prop for sale or loan please let me know. I am currently
running a Performance Props Inc. 74x88.  Takeoff rolls take about 1000 ft.
and climb out is very flat.    

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