Subject: RV-4
From: Rotary Engine
Date: 1/2/2008, 10:12 AM
To: AARotary Engine


   Hello Paul

   If you have a drawing of a RV-4 with a turbo 13b stuffed inside the
   cowl,
   would you please be so kind as to publish it here for me? My primary
   interest is where to put the radiator - I do not believe in aircon
   cores -
   in such a tight cowl. I would also like to have the throttle body in the
   R/H (as seen from the prop end) cheek. I have the engine, is between
   projects, and lust after a -4.

   Thank you and regards,

   Erik Snyman
   Messina
   South Africa.

   You will have a tough time doing that with the stock cowl.
   The turbo won't fit.

   Are you willing to change the cowl?

   IMHO you would be better off with a P-port.

   --
   Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.


If you are putting a 13b into an RV-4, I'd recommend a few things- make
the firewall 1" taller, move the prop hub out 5-6 inches to 44"-45" in
front of the firewall, and use a 16" diameter spinner. Then you will
have enough room to stuff the 13b in there. I am abandoning the
fiberglass cowl, and making an aluminum one. I should have it done by
the end of the month, I hope. This will be the forth (and last) cowl
that I will have made for this airplane. Brian Trubee




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