Roger Robertson wrote:

Paul;
Haven't watched your site in detail but I am interested in your
starter/enginemount/bellhousing casting plan and have a Lancair 320 here
that we plan on putting a 13B into.  So we're getting serious about
keeping up with your site.  Keep up the good work and engineering  guys.

I ran across Canadian Neil Kruiswyk's installation of a 13B in a Lancair
320 - plugs up.  It sounds like that orientation has a lot of
advantages. Any comments.
Roger Robertson

No comment :-)  Our Bell housing won't work plugs up.

The engine will fit in there fine normal orientation.
Just like a Kis Cruiser you need to mount the alternator on the
side of the engine and cut down the water pump so everything fits
under the stock cowl. Despite what people tell you the engine 
is just as high from e-shaft center line to the tips of the plugs
as it is in the normal orientation. Plugs up got started in
the old days when people had to use distributors that stuck way up above
the engine but distributors have long since gone.

A big drawback among many is the oil pump is higher from the oil level
and a special pan with long oil pickup tube is required that increases the 
overall volume taken up by the engine in the cowl. Use a side exhaust with 
the stock orientation and a rad under the engine.

I am dead set against plugs up.

Paul Lamar
 
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