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Ok, forgot the 100K limit on attachments, so here are two photos instead of
six.
Ed
Whoops! Forgot theattachments OR is stripping of attachments part of the
anti virus vaccine?
Ed
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Anderson" <eanderson@carolina.rr.com>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 11:21 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] New lightweight intake system
> Hi Folks,
>
> Thought you might like to take a peek at my new intake system. The
> second casting came out fine - could have been a bit more cosmetically
> pretty, but what the heck.
> The throttle body is an LS1 75mm and the casting is Pauls. Its a bit
> overbuilt (my trademark {:>)) and I could probably reduce the weight of
the
> casting by 1/3. But, I am pleased with the way it came together, now
> hopefully it will perform at least as good as my current one, perhaps a
bit
> better.
>
> The airways are cleaner on this one. The fuel injectors are away from
the
> exhaust and block so the fuel should pick up a bit less heat. Just
need
to
> add fuel rail and throttle bracket and I think I am ready to do some
ground
> runs.
>
> I have not weight it all together, but when I weighed the parts
separate
> (including injectors) it came up to 8 lbs and 4 oz. So - much lighter
than
my
> current 21 lb system.
>
> Ed Anderson
> Matthews, NC
> RV-6A N494BW
> eanderson@carolina.rr.com
>
>
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