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I want to thank everyone for looking over my engine installation and I
will
try to address the comments.
Bob W. wrote:
"It looks like the hot cross tube is awful close to
the radiator.
Besides blocking flow, it will radiate a lot of heat
back into the
cooling system. Have you done enough high
power engine running to know
if it's going to cool OK?"
My cross tube is fitted with a SS. heat shield. The clearance between
the shield
and the radiator is 1.5 inches. The last attached picture is a
frontal top view
shows the cross tube and heat shield only cover about 3.5 inches of the
corner
of the radiator. Do you think I will still have problems with radiant
heat into the radiator?
I can add another thin shield and/or connect a blast tube into the
space between the heat shield
and the cross tube.
My calculations indicate the air exiting the radiators should be
maximum velocity of
about 40 ft/sec - based on inlet area and radiator area at 200 mph..
I have run the engine several times at full power with the cowl on. It
appears that the
temperatures were stabilizing between 185 and 195 F. I really need
more full power
run time to check it all out!
Mark S. suggested i support the aluminum tube connecting my 2 fuel
rails.
I will add a clamp there and look at the other fuel lines at the
pressure regulator to see if
additional support is needed.
Again - thanks everyone!
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