X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 19:03:45 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mtai01.charter.net ([209.225.8.181] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2c1) with ESMTP id 2465211 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sat, 10 Nov 2007 13:03:08 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.225.8.181; envelope-from=lhenney@charter.net Received: from aarprv01.charter.net ([10.20.200.71]) by mtai01.charter.net (InterMail vM.7.08.02.02 201-2186-121-104-20070414) with ESMTP id <20071110180232.ZRDD13514.mtai01.charter.net@aarprv01.charter.net> for ; Sat, 10 Nov 2007 13:02:32 -0500 Received: from fepweb05 ([10.20.200.55]) by aarprv01.charter.net with ESMTP id <20071110180231.PFBU14729.aarprv01.charter.net@fepweb05> for ; Sat, 10 Nov 2007 13:02:31 -0500 X-Original-Message-ID: <20071110130231.M9EUK.250707.root@fepweb05> X-Original-Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 10:02:31 -0800 From: X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net Subject: Cowling Air Intake MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Sensitivity: Normal X-Originating-IP: X-Chzlrs: 0 Matt, The real rain issue is not engine related. It is wing leading edge abrasion that causes me to slow down and avoid downpours. The engine can handle quite a lot of water. The water merely displaces some of your fuel/air mixture causing an irrelevant reduction in power. Regarding intakes, I'm on the road so can't photo. I do however strongly encourage a sound connection from cowl entry into the carb or servo. I may be the exception however as I've seen many installations that allow leakage. The question here is lost ram rise versus ease of cowl removal. I built a little access panel so I could clamp both ends of my ram air hose. It's of low stakes to many. Larry Henney N360LH