Got my engine hanging off the firewall with the new
 double tripod motor mount. That combination  PSRU/motor-mount
 plate is invaluable when it comes time to line things up.
 Leon's bell housing will work as well when he gets it done.

 Plenty of room around the turbo and the alternator
 on the other side. Room in there for two rotaries.

 BTW I decided to mount the stock oil cooler along
 the spark plug side side of the single rad under the engine.
 Hoses will be short. It is about the same core length as most rads.
 Namely 19 inches. Four and a half inches wide and only six pounds.

 Paul Lamar

Paul,
Looks good! At first I wondered where the third leg of the tripod was since
it was hidden by one of the other legs.  Second photo cleared it up.

Do you have two of the motor mount plates? The one being used for alignment
doesn't have any center hole (I think)

Will your oil cooler then be mounted like an "extension" of the radiator on
the plug side?

Bill Schertz
KIS Cruiser #4045

I have just one plate but it only has the small pilot hole for the input
shaft seal bore. I am kind of waiting to bore that until I need too.
Tracy may make some changes.

I think I will bond the oil cooler to the side of the water radiator with
red RTV. I don't have the rad yet so will know more when I get that.
I think I will use a two pass rad to keep both inlet and outlet near
the water pump end of the engine. The exhaust will come out the side 
near the front like a PT6 powered turbo prop and the cowl flaps will 
be on the sides of the cowl. 

The bottom of the cowl will be sealed more or less except for
the nose landing gear hole. One nostril intake will be for intercooler
air and the other cold air for the turbo intake. The oil and water rads
will be fed from a low round chin intake up close to the back of the prop
to take full advantage of maximum slip stream velocity. Duct pressure is 
proportional to velocity squared.

Here is a close up of the turbo.

Paul Lamar
 
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