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I'm curious as to the installed width of the 13b or 20b's that
some of you have on your birds. Assuming a turbo installation and a spintech
exhaust down below and fuel injection. How narrow could a guy make his overall
cowl width at the firewall? What would be a 'safe' number? This
could/would mean a narrower engine mount because it would seem that, that might
be the widest pnt on most mounts out there right now.. or an I way off in
thinking that?
Curious..
Jarrett Johnson
This is tough to
answer. The RV-3 firewall is about 23" wide, and I needed the extra cowl
cheek area to fit the turbo. If extra height is available, the turbo can
be put below the engine, and you could get rid of the Spin Tech. If I
had to make a guess (and this is only a guess), I'd say about 30 of width at the
firewall (tapering toward the nose) would be the bare minimum to allow you to
fit the turbo on the side of the engine with no bumps in the cowl. Rest
assured that every extra inch will be a great relief when it comes time to
fit everything under the cowl.
Cheers,
Rusty (stuffing
everything in an RV-3 cowl)
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