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Very good job Rusty. I
hope you are using Rutan Bid glass cloth for the
glassing.
Bulent
If that's
what West Marine sells, I'm using it :-)
I just looked
up the description of "bid" on the Spruce page, and can't say that I can see any
difference between that, and normal cloth (e-glass?). I cut the
cloth on a 45, and usually have pretty good luck going around corners, but I'm
sure "bid" is probably better, and certainly my technique could stand some
improvement. I'm using the lightest cloth I could find, at 6 oz, but
wish it was a little lighter for the initial
layers.
Since there
are two ducts, you can surmise that I decided not to add another scoop to
the cowl. I'm going to have one as an air box on the TB, with the air
horns inside. The other goes on the bottom of the right
radiator, where the old hoses attached. By the time I'm done, there
will be about a 12 sq in opening in the radiator duct where the new
inlet duct will be added. The two new ducts will be joined by 3"
ID tubing, CEET for now, perhaps something smooth walled later. 3"
is just HUGE though, so it's hard to imagine there will be any restriction
now. I may not get quite as much ram air effect as I could with a
dedicated scoop, but this system give me the option of adding a scoop in a
convenient location later, while still using the air box that I'm
making.
Cheers,
Rusty
(Frances turn North now)
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