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

Russell Kent wrote:

ERAU = Embery-Riddle Aviation University
They are the folks working with Mistral.
Unfortunately, I cannot for the life of me remember the name of the guy I
spoke with.

Russell Kent

What day were you there Russell ? Sorry I missed you.

Paul Lamar

Russell Kent wrote:

I was there from well before the show thru Friday during the show.  But I
was on restricted duty (recovering from minor abdominal surgery).

Russell

 
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