> 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

Russell,   the air bleed port is already installed on both the rad and
the swirl pot, but I will keep on turning the rad around, shifting it
back and forth and so on, looking for the best solution.    Jerry

 
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