Tried the cowl on my engine today. It is tight. Even
with my cut down water pump I will have to put a access door
right over the filler neck with a slight bump on it to clear
the pressure cap. 

My thrust line is off slightly due to the
welder taking the motor mount out of my welding jig prematurely.
The motor mounts are distorted slightly. My fault for not doing
a better job of designing the welding jig for easier welding access to
the joints.

No problem. I will just make a new rubber bushing bracket with a slight
off set to the large hole for the rubber bushing. Another subtle advantage
to the motor-mount/redrive-plate scheme. See the sketch below. 

The Kis Cruiser cowl sits right down on top of the redrive plate so I need 
to trim that down by about a half inch. Fitting a rotary in a Kis Cruiser 
with a stock cowl is a real cram job. If I can get it to fit in  Kis Cruiser 
cowl it will fit in anything. Friends of mine were joking and suggested I put a 
1973 Pontiac Transam shaker hood on it since I had a hand in designing 
the body on that car:-)

Paul Lamar
 
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