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Tracy Crook wrote:
> It will certainly work and makes making a good seal between rad & diffuser
> easier BUT,   I'm thinking that oil changes would be a problem (not to
> mention messy) unless you have enough hose length to eliminate having to
> disconnect everything when dropping the cowl.  Do you have enough access
> room to drain oil without dropping  lower cowl?
>
>   
Yes.  I can almost climb in there with the engine from the lower end.  I 
exaggerate, but the oil drain is within a few inches of the lower 
cowling air/exhaust exit.

> I do put a high priority on making almost everything FWF in an alternative
> engine installation easy to inspect.   With a unique installation you never
> know where the trouble spots might be.
>   
One of the neat aspects of the Delta is the wide, flat layout of the 
FWF.  There's lots of room to get  at the engine from the sides.

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