Paul,
I may have found you another 3/4" of clearance between the engine and the top
cowling.  The attached figure is a GIF that you sent out, and calls for the
distance fromthe top of the firewall to the engine thrust line to be 8.5".

My manual says that the thrust line should be at WL 1.0, and the distance
from that point to the top of the firewall is 9.25 inches.  I don't know if
your drawing that you sent out was what you were actually doing, but if so,
it may give you an extra 0.75" to play with.

Bill Schertz
KIS Cruiser #4045

Don't take that as the gospel truth. I put it in there like that
and found I had to raise it a bit to fit the psru in the
center of the cowl prop hole that I got. The stock cowl is the 
determining factor. You might be able to trim the cowl a bit one 
way or the other but you won't get much as the front of the cowl
over the rotor housing will only move a very little bit.

Paul Lamar
 
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