Butch,

    Good idea on the fuel cooler.  Where did you find one?

    No, I've not taken fuel temperatures.  I don't see why I could not take
the temperature of the fuel in the header tank.   In fact I probably could
remove the fuel drain on the bottom of header tank and stick the temp probe
there as the fuel is pulled by the EFI pumps draws from near the bottom of
the header.  Could drill out an NPT fitting for a temp probe and perhaps
hook it up to my water temp gauge in the cockpit to get readings.  .

  I might be a little while as I am currently swapping my six port 13B for a
87-88 Turbo II with 89 Rotors and doing a few other things to get me back
into the air.  I had one apex seal stuck on the six port 13B that I could
not get unstuck, so took the opportunity to swap engines.

Temp in the summer gets into the high 90Fs, but seldom goes over 100F, but
the high humidity also adversely effects cooling scenario.

Flew 72 hours last year and only 2.5 this year thus far.

Ed Anderson
Matthews NC

Hi Ed;
     To answer your question: The fuel filter I used is
actually a "conglamorated" motorcycle oil filter, ram
air fed, out of a Harley (recommended and prepared for
me by a BIG motorcycle user/expert). For my next
aircraft (Mazda powered of course) I plan on educating
myself on the more efficient latest technology which is
now available from Suzuki, Honda, Harley etc. For an
example as to what's out there: Check out..........
http://aeroilcool.com/aerpage2.htm

Is it overkill and expensive?, most likely but don't
know for sure, that's why I'm VERY INTERESTED in you
documenting temperatures (fuel & ambient), running time
and flow if possible, on your system.
I believe all of us will benefit from this. After all a
little more knowledge is one step closer to our goal.

                                 Thank You
                                 Butch Diaz Sr. 

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