Steve Brooks wrote:

Paul,

Steve, Did you run into any problems mounting the alternator
on top vis a v the intake manifold tubes?

Some.  There is much clearance between the forward tube and the alternator.
Maybe a 1/16" or so.  I took my parts to a welder who was very experienced
in aluminum, along with the engine.  The intake was fabricated and tacked
while on the engine, and then taken off to be welded.  Image74 shows a close
up of it.

I got a couple of other questions.
Where is the oil cooler mounted?

The oil cooler is mounted horizontal above the scoop inlet, and against the
firewall. I used a furnace blower located about 3 feet in front of the scoop
to do some unscientific air flow testing.  I get allot of flow through the
oil cooler.  almost more than I would like. Image93 shows a good view of it.

Do you have an intercooler? If so where is that mounted?

On the photo image124, which is a picture of the right (turbo) side of the
engine, you will see it mounted to the firewall.  You cant's really see the
intercooler itself, because it has a fiberglass domed cover over it, with a
tube to connect the SCAT tube.  In that picture, the larger SCAT tube that
you see in the foreground is feeding the intercooler. There is an armpit
scoop in the lower cowling.  Image88 shows a picture of it before the
fiberglass cover was put on (or made). There is another armpit scoop on the
other side that supplies air to the heater core, which I'm running like a
second radiator.  I won't connect the cabin heat until later, but I'll be
using a flapper to either supply heat to the cabin, or just dump the air
into the engine compartment.

What throttle body is that?
That is a 70 mm mustang throttle body.  It's an aftermarket rather than
stock ford.

Steve

 
The AirCraft Rotary Engine NewsLetter.  Powered by Linux.
ACRE NL web site. http://home.earthlink.net/~rotaryeng/            
Copyright 1998-2003 All world wide rights reserved.