HUGE SNIP>>>

Guys... gotta get my 2 cents worth in here....

I found that on my gyroplane installation, the remote assembly vibratedloose when attached to the engine or it's direct attachments.... yet when I
attached it to the frame (the firewall or engine mount) the system workedfabulously.

The small vibrations of the engine, redrive, and prop should not be
overlooked as a failure point contribution system when attaching hoses with
pseudo lever arms to these threaded attachments.

Mounting the remote filter system past the rubber bushing engine mounts will
provide a pound of prevention!!    and oh.. btw.. the same is true for
ignition coils as well!

Ok, my 2 cents worth... we now return to your regularly scheduled
transmissions!

Gary Buster
East Texas

Thanks for all the great feedback.  Here's another question:  the
Renesis oil filter is tiny.  If I am remote mounting, the oil filter
could be anything.  Is there any benefit to going with a different oil
filter than the one Mazda has specified for this engine?  (I see the
big Fram on this pic).

Scott Gettings

Scott,
I hear you on filter size, I have some heavy equipment and a few vehicles
and I always go with the biggest filter I can get figurring there is more
filtering media, and diesel is always filthy. However in your application
weight is a consideration, yes it's not a lot of weight but if you can cut
all of your item  weights by 25% you end up with a good thing. Less oil
weight too. If your concerned about filtering change it out every 25 or 50
hours. 50 hours times 40 mph in a car is only 2000 miles which is probably
about 60% of the hard service recommendation from Mazda (?).

John Gibbons


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