Jerry Hey wrote:

Paul,  a few weeks ago, you mentioned the possibility of making the
oil pan 1/2 inch deeper to allow the use of the stock oil pickup
without modification.  Did you ever have a chance to look at this in
Rhino?    I have set my rad under the engine where I think it should
go and there is about inch clearance between the bottom of the oil
pickup and the rad.   Does this leave enough room for the intake
plenum at that point.  You can ignore the rad inlet and outlet as
shown in the photos.  I am going to cut them off and replace with AN
facing backward not up.

Jerry,
I think you want to mount the rad so that the outlet is the highest point
when the aircraft is sitting on the ground.  This is so that the rad
doesn't trap air.  Otherwise you need to add an air bleed line (big
hassle).  Try yawing the rad 180 degrees.

Russell Kent

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