Man, I have been slacking with my updates here the past week. I have lots to show.
Before installing the exhaust I decided to reverse the intended direction of the throttle bracket. It sounds like this is quite common. There is virtually no clearance with it the other way.
20200716_103323 by Jereme Carne, on Flickr
However, you have to bend the bracket a bit so that the flange doesn't hit the bottom of the engine. Just wrap it with some tape and bend away. Seriously, get the bend spot on pointed where you want it! I had to take it alllllll apart again after getting the cable hooked up because there was a little binding. Now that it is lined up perfectly the cable moves smooth as silk.
20200716_102824 by Jereme Carne, on Flickr
Here it is all hooked back up.
20200716_124536 by Jereme Carne, on Flickr
Then it was on the the Vetterman exhaust. Clint does a stellar job making exhausts as many of you know, it was well worth the wait for it!
20200716_124528 by Jereme Carne, on Flickr
Another view. Don't worry about the wiring, it will get tidied up in the next post!
20200716_124551 by Jereme Carne, on Flickr
Here is where things get a little tricky. I have the new nose gear and Van's basically says, hook the exhaust up like in OP-54. Ummmmm, yaaaaah, that's not going to work... I gave Clint a call and we did a bit of brainstorming as it sounds like he hasn't seen a final finished job on the new nose gear yet. He said the horizontal support is no where near as important as the vertical. I came up with this idea and text him a picture. He said it looks good and it will work.
I will probably throw some RTV on the engine mount just to make sure the rubber hose does not rub the tubes.
Also worth mentioning, I had to go down to NAPA and buy some 3/8" fuel line as the blue stuff Clint sent wasn't long enough for this approach.
If anyone has a different method they did on the new nose gear I would love to see it.
20200716_170425 by Jereme Carne, on Flickr
Here is the other side.
20200716_170357 by Jereme Carne, on Flickr
Thanks to some help on VAF I also finalized the routing on the cabin heat scat. For those of you not to this point yet I strongly recommend you get a custom heat muff that will not take the intake outboard. Not that it won't work like this, it's just a pain to install as the clearances are close.
20200718_123553 by Jereme Carne, on Flickr
Here you can see the clearances.
20200718_123246 by Jereme Carne, on Flickr
Before installing the exhaust I decided to reverse the intended direction of the throttle bracket. It sounds like this is quite common. There is virtually no clearance with it the other way.
20200716_103323 by Jereme Carne, on Flickr
However, you have to bend the bracket a bit so that the flange doesn't hit the bottom of the engine. Just wrap it with some tape and bend away. Seriously, get the bend spot on pointed where you want it! I had to take it alllllll apart again after getting the cable hooked up because there was a little binding. Now that it is lined up perfectly the cable moves smooth as silk.
20200716_102824 by Jereme Carne, on Flickr
Here it is all hooked back up.
20200716_124536 by Jereme Carne, on Flickr
Then it was on the the Vetterman exhaust. Clint does a stellar job making exhausts as many of you know, it was well worth the wait for it!
20200716_124528 by Jereme Carne, on Flickr
Another view. Don't worry about the wiring, it will get tidied up in the next post!
20200716_124551 by Jereme Carne, on Flickr
Here is where things get a little tricky. I have the new nose gear and Van's basically says, hook the exhaust up like in OP-54. Ummmmm, yaaaaah, that's not going to work... I gave Clint a call and we did a bit of brainstorming as it sounds like he hasn't seen a final finished job on the new nose gear yet. He said the horizontal support is no where near as important as the vertical. I came up with this idea and text him a picture. He said it looks good and it will work.
I will probably throw some RTV on the engine mount just to make sure the rubber hose does not rub the tubes.
Also worth mentioning, I had to go down to NAPA and buy some 3/8" fuel line as the blue stuff Clint sent wasn't long enough for this approach.
If anyone has a different method they did on the new nose gear I would love to see it.
20200716_170425 by Jereme Carne, on Flickr
Here is the other side.
20200716_170357 by Jereme Carne, on Flickr
Thanks to some help on VAF I also finalized the routing on the cabin heat scat. For those of you not to this point yet I strongly recommend you get a custom heat muff that will not take the intake outboard. Not that it won't work like this, it's just a pain to install as the clearances are close.
20200718_123553 by Jereme Carne, on Flickr
Here you can see the clearances.
20200718_123246 by Jereme Carne, on Flickr