Jerry Hey wrote:

Paul, what are the maximum temperatures the intake (in the housing)
will see?   I am selecting the epoxy to bond in the P port throttle
bodies.    I did contact Racing Beat to see what they used.  It is
Devcon but which specific product I could not find out.   I bought what
the sales person "thought" they used but it is a repair material about
as thick as peanut butter.  I want something that can be poured and is
self leveling.  If WEST can tolerate the temps,  I may go with that.  I
am open to advice from anyone.       Jerry

Paul Lamar responded:

Epoxy works great. The temp is limited to about 200 F heat soak.
When running it is cooler.

Yeah, apparently sometimes *a lot* cooler.  The ERAU guy at Oshkosh I spoke
with, who seems to be the guy responsible for some of the engine
installation details on the test bed, told me that during operation ice
forms on the outside of the intake runners, and that they were having
problems with fuel condensing.  They had the engines setup with a cool side
injector position, but they were considering going back to hot side injector
position since, bizarrely, the fuel consumption numbers were *better* there.

Live and learn.

Russell Kent

ERAU ?

Paul Lamar
 
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