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03-22-2016, 06:50 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: GTA, Ontario
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Please do...
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Originally Posted by Blain
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I could use it as well...will be there soon enough.
Thanks
Don
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03-22-2016, 09:16 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Pakenham, Ontario, Canada
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If you scroll down the attached page, you can see how I mounted mine on my -8.
http://rv8bldr.tripod.com/the_engine.html
Apologies for the antique web site; I haven't touched it 12 years....
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RV-8 C-GURV (Flying since Nov 2004) - Sold 
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03-22-2016, 11:27 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
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I made a standoff bracket using aluminium U channel, rivet the U channel around the perimeter of the cut in the baffling and bolt the oil cooler to the U channel. I also included the oil shutter as my unit was running to cool...
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03-22-2016, 01:16 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Collierville, TN (KFYE)
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Not sure if this will help, but I cut my oil cooler opening a little too high and the oil cooler was interfering with the upper cowl. So, I used 1/8" U channel to construct a little "duct" that moved the oil cooler down and aft a little. As you can see below, it's a very stout setup. Not shown also is a 4130 steel cross brace reinforcing the inner side of the cooler with one of the cylinder heads. I'll take a photo tonight and post it.

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03-22-2016, 01:28 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Bonita, Ca
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Thanks for that photo Mark! I'm right at this point too. I spent last weekend trimming the baffles to fit the upper cowl and this aft corner is very tight and, I haven't gotten to the 3/8"-1/2" clearance yet; I was worried I might have to move things around to get it all to fit. Looking at your picture it looks like I still have a ways to go...
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03-22-2016, 02:12 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Collierville, TN (KFYE)
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Originally Posted by BonitaRV8
Thanks for that photo Mark! I'm right at this point too. I spent last weekend trimming the baffles to fit the upper cowl and this aft corner is very tight and, I haven't gotten to the 3/8"-1/2" clearance yet; I was worried I might have to move things around to get it all to fit. Looking at your picture it looks like I still have a ways to go...
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You just don't have a lot of room in that corner as you want to keep the cooler as high as possible so you don't hide it behind the cylinder, but even at the highest mounting, a lot of the cooler is blocked by the cylinder. By moving it back and down a little, you allow a lot more air to flow and give yourself clearance from the cowl at the same time. Of course, you also need to strengthen that corner and the 1/8" U channel, combined with the 1/8" angle on the forward side of the corner makes it very strong.
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03-22-2016, 02:38 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Dogwood Airpark (VA42)
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Not trying to start a war, but I find many advantages to mounting the cooler on the firewall.
Carl
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03-22-2016, 03:16 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Collierville, TN (KFYE)
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Here are a couple of additional photos of my installation.
Hope they help!
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First Flight 11/20/2016
www.marksrv8.com
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03-22-2016, 03:19 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Collierville, TN (KFYE)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Carl Froehlich
Not trying to start a war, but I find many advantages to mounting the cooler on the firewall.
Carl
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By the time I got to the point of trying to figure this out, I already had all of my firewall stuff mounted and the firewall mount wasn't an option.
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Dynon Skyview HDX, Titan IOX-370, Dual P-Mags, AFP FM200A FI, Whirlwind 200RV CS Prop
First Flight 11/20/2016
www.marksrv8.com
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03-22-2016, 05:17 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: El Dorado Hills, CA
Posts: 696
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Offset the cooler
5 days too late for me unless I start drilling out rivets. But the offset idea to get more flow is a great idea.
Not an original idea but effective;

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Last edited by Blain : 03-22-2016 at 09:35 PM.
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