Return-Path: <13brv3@bellsouth.net> Received: from imf21aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.69] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.4) with ESMTP id 457407 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 08 Oct 2004 08:49:48 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.69; envelope-from=13brv3@bellsouth.net Received: from rd ([65.6.194.9]) by imf21aec.mail.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.11 201-253-122-130-111-20040605) with ESMTP id <20041008124918.PDAH1791.imf21aec.mail.bellsouth.net@rd> for ; Fri, 8 Oct 2004 08:49:18 -0400 From: "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net> To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] turbo RV8 Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 07:49:30 -0500 Message-ID: <000001c4ad35$40b0ff70$6101a8c0@rd> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0001_01C4AD0B.57DAF770" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C4AD0B.57DAF770 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Am I better off buying the cowl from Vans with the snorkel out front for extra cooling? =20 Thanks Greg =20 =20 As Dave said, you should have room for a turbo in an RV-8 cowl. I = believe Todd even has his turbo and muffler in his RV-9 cowl. I envy anyone = with that much acreage under the cowl. =20 Unless you love building large fiberglass things from scratch, or you = plan to put coolers somewhere other than under the cowl, you'll be far better = off to start with a stock cowl. I'm not sure what you mean by "snorkel out front for extra cooling", but when I built my RV-8, there were two = cowls, depending on which engine you had. The carb version had a chin scoop = for the carb. The injected version got induction air from above the = baffles, so it had no chin scoop. Since the chin scoop for the carb would almost certainly not do you much good, I would recommend getting the injected = cowl, with no scoop. =20 Cheers, Rusty (wish I had put a rotary engine on my RV-8) ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C4AD0B.57DAF770 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
Am I better off buying the cowl from = Vans with the=20 snorkel out front for extra cooling?
 
Thanks Greg  
 
As Dave said,=20 you should have room for a turbo in an RV-8 cowl.  I believe Todd = even has=20 his turbo and muffler in his RV-9 cowl.  I envy anyone with that = much=20 acreage under the cowl.
 
Unless you=20 love building large fiberglass things from scratch, or you plan to put = coolers=20 somewhere other than under the cowl, you'll be far better off to start = with a=20 stock cowl.  I'm not sure what you mean by "snorkel out front for = extra=20 cooling", but when I built my RV-8, there were two cowls, depending on = which=20 engine you had.  The carb version had a chin scoop for the = carb. =20 The injected version got induction air from above the = baffles, so=20 it had no chin scoop.  Since the chin scoop for the carb would = almost=20 certainly not do you much good, I would recommend getting the = injected=20 cowl, with no scoop.
 
Cheers,
Rusty (wish I=20 had put a rotary engine on my RV-8)
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