> > Hello Steve,
> >
> > In the picture shown there are passages around the intake pipe. Could
> > you comment on what those were for. Is that gear teeth surfaced item on
> > the front a counterweight that also drives acessories? If so very
> > clever. You talked about the coolant routing on a previous email but
> > didnt get to specific. Could you comment more on the coolant path of
> > that engine. I undersatnd that the entrance water hits the plug bosses
> > but how does it axially flow to the exit. Is the centerhousing a
circum.
> > flow design?
> >
> >
> Rob Woods
>
>
> Rob--my apologies for now getting back earlier to you with responses
to your
> questions.
>
> 1. Passages around ports. What you see in the photo is machining
related to
> installation of the throttle shafts and levers....with shafts, levers and
> butterflies not yet installed.
>
> 2. Counterweight--nice deduction on your part. This one part machined
from
> steel billet served several functions-- eccentric shaft counterweight,
> starter ring gear, trigger wheel interruptor segments for the infared
> electronic ignition modules and v-belt drive for accessories.
>
> 3. Coolant--cold water entered the spark plug cooling jet manifold and
> flowed axially from center housing. If you don't have the other photos
> showing the various water and oil hoses and routing, I can get them
to you.
>
> Steve Beckham
>
> Hello Steve,
>
> I have seen pics of the plates by themselves along with installed ones
> in planes with the hoses going different directions. I guess I am
> confused as to where the coolant goes after the plug bosses. Does it
> come in the middle and then split off fore and aft axially through the
> other housings and then back to the center housing and that brazed bung
> I see.
>
> Also there has been much mention of your sheet metal housings. There was
> discussions of getting some pics up some time ago but I haven't seen
> them yet. Do you have those available? Also how much post machining wa
> necessary with those housings after brazing? Did the creep at all in the
> process? What material were they made out of and what was the brazign
> brocess you used in terms of material and heat cycle?
>
> Rob Woods

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Steve Beckham wrote:

"2. Counterweight--nice deduction on your part. This one part machined from
steel billet served several functions-- eccentric shaft counterweight,
starter ring gear, trigger wheel interruptor segments for the infared
electronic ignition modules and v-belt drive for accessories."

Again, Steve, a work of art.  Ettore Bugatti would have approved.  Your
work should be part of a show in the Museum of Modern Art.

No.  I am not kidding.

Les Nordman

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