Jerry Hey wrote:

Paul and Perry Mick,  First,  can the Long EZ handle the weight of the
turbo RX8 with Tracy's drive?    Secondly,  with the very narrow
firewall and also the short  S-beam,  do you think a mount can be
designed that will clear the turbo?  I have been asked to build an
engine mount for this configuration  and am just beginning to come to
grips with the project.   Thanks,  Jerry

Yes on the first question.
Yes on the second question too. Make the side beams look like this.

Your customer will have to beef up those silly aluminum angles used to attach
the motor mounts to a Long EZ. We had a set crack a couple of weeks ago
at the Camarillo air show. Klause had his crack too. Replace them
with bent up 4130 steel angles.

Paul Lamar
 
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