Installed the giant starter wire. It's a fat wire from Eric M. Jones's Perihelion Design http://www.periheliondesign.com/fatwires.htm (Super-2-CCA, AWG#2) so it should flow plenty of electrons. It's about 42" long, and supported in 5 places including the ends,...
Anyone know why I see this instead of an image in some user posts on the VAF forum?...
Vetterman recommended installing the probes between 1.5" and 2.0" below the cylinder port. Others say it doesn't matter much as long as they are about the same distance from the exhaust port flange so the...
The standard alternator pulley is 3" and I wanted to change it for a 4" to slow it down a bit and to move it up a bit in the cowl. Bought one from Summit Racing. All...
I have some CHT probes from MGL and I'm curious if there are supposed to be little washers or gaskets at the point where the probe is welded to the hose clamp. Will check on VAF...
I'm finally actually riveting the baffles. It's a real pleasure. I'm using the silicone baffle seal material I bought from spruce. I read that it is better than the standard material shipped with the kit. After...
The rear of the baffle requires some support and the plans suggest a bracket from the front side to support the baffles. This looks fine until you are ready to install the baffle seals. The...
I was hoping to stick with the plans to the letter from here on out, but have run into an issue. The oil cooler is too high and interferes with the cowl. I have seen...
These ignition wire seals are expensive but nice. Deburring the hole after cutting it with a unibit. Finished product. Plans recommend AN525-10R10 screws. I'll use AN3-4A until final assembly. And the other side: ...
Any idea why the rear spinner bulkhead is concave? Will this cause issues? ...
The standard methods of installing fuel flow sensors is to use an inline fuel flow transducer that is moved by the fuel flowing to the engine. The two most popular options (as of 2013) are the...
The brackets that come with the Van's FWF kit do not work with the Superior cold air induction sump, so some brackets will need to be made. I've make some prototypes out of aluminum that seem...
There is not much to say about installing the propellor governor - it goes pretty much as described in the sheet that comes with the governor controller bracket - VA-153. I didn't get this sheet...
For some reason the oil filler tube / dipstick is very close to the engine mount. I just removed it to see if I could bend it, and found out that it's plastic. I doubt...
Got the pressure sensor manifold mounted. Quite easy, just two holes and an angle bracket to fabricate. It allowed me to start digging through all the FWF bags I have - really quote a lot...
I took some pictures of my new IO-360 Engine and put them together into an "Object Virtual Reality" or Object VR view. http://www.rv8.ch/vr/demo.html The Mattituck engine is of course an enhanced Lycoming engine. ...
These are the drawings that Van's provides for the control cables, but they include the caveat that you should check this for your engine before poking the holes. How has this worked for everyone? The drawing from...
The fuel pump and filter are now installed and plumbed. I can't believe how long this took - most of the time was re-doing it because I didn't like the position or something else about...
I picked up this brochure from Nelson Aerospace somewhere - can't recall where, but was interested to note that they seem to offer some kind of a "flareless" tube fitting. Looks interesting. http://www.nelsonaerospace.com/nas/fittings3.cfm ...
I'm extremely happy that the new engine mount for the Lycoming engine fit perfectly on the firewall. I was very concerned about this aspect of replacing my Subaru engine with the Lycoming. All the holes...