I got my turbo manifold welded up (thanks to a friend on the field), t= urbo and waste gate installed and this last week I got the= intercooler, BOV and piping all plumbed together= .

I also removed a big ol ' fan that I think was res= tricting radiator air flow that was located on the "= ;in" side of the radiator and replaced it with two smaller fans locate= d on the "out" side to pull air through the radiator.

I pushed the plane out of the hangar, chocked her up, advanced the mix= ture to full right, gave it four spurts of prime and she cranked right up,&= nbsp;dialed the mixture to twelve o'clock and it ran pre= tty darn smooth. WOW, is it QUIETER!!!! REALLY really Quieter. Straight pipes= out of the rotary was having the military jet jockey's coming by to see wh= at the noise was <g>

All looked good...well, since the building Gawds = like to have fun at my expense after running for a few minutes I notic= ed a nice stream of coolant shooting up into the air. Sigh. I m= ust have ding the radiator when I pulled out the old fan.

Anyway, I did shut down and just to see what would happen, I started i= t up and shut down a few times. It started fine each time (this had b= een a problem in the past). No more primer needed and the mixture was= just past twelve o'clock. The leak was not a real factor for these short runs.

Here is a link to it running at idle. Note no leak since the pre= ssure had not risen yet. Please forgive the artifacts of the prop as = this was taken on my phone. I am not as close to the prop as the arti= facts make it appear. I will try to remember to take my camera out once the new radiator is installed and get some shots o= f the install and plumbing and better running shots.

http://www.yo= utube.com/watch?v=3D8SpsHZJmw9c

I did apply some power twice and got it up to 39 MP at just over 6000 = rpm for several seconds. I was not able to test much due to the leak.= I pushed her back in to the hangar and removed the bad radiator.&nbs= p; I could have messed with getting the leak fixed, but the reality is the PITA factor would have bugged me (find a = shop, perhaps have to find another shop<g>, have the= m repair and test, charge me, maybe got it right, maybe not....etc) so I ju= st ordered a new one for $250 from Summit. It should be here in a few days and delivered to my door.

I occupied myself the rest of the evening doing some clean up work tha= t was much easier with the radiator removed. I also made a support br= acket to help support the turbo so all the weight is not on the turbo/exhau= st manifold.

Even though I am annoyed at the radiator leak (can't blame= anyone but myself), it was a great two days of progress overall. It = was great to hear the plane run so much quieter and to have it start and RE= START all but effortlessly.

Also, I got my Dynon Skyview <= /a> mostly installed. The AHARS is a= combination of the magnometer and the pressure s= ensors so you have to mount the unit in a magnetically neutral area AND run pressure lines to the unit. So, finding a good location in a = canard is posing a challenge. The Dynon <= /a> looks really kewl though.

I am waiting for a buddy of mine to finish some of the more compl= ex wiring tying my King 125's , Tran= sponder, audio panel and intercom. It is his line of work and allows = him a break from his RV-7 with a Soob build <g>

Anyway, so it goes.

All the best,

Chris Barber

Houston, GSOT