Nihon_Ni
Well Known Member
I have a Titan IOX-370 and I'm working on the Van's baffle kit for a Lycoming IO-360. The stock baffle has two sections that wrap around the side and bottom of a cylinder: a larger radius that wraps the cylinder head and a smaller radius that wraps around the cylinder barrel. The Van's baffle kit is designed for a cylinder that has equal length cooling fins on the barrel, like Lycoming and most other cylinders.
Because Titan tapers the cylinder barrel fins to save weight, the baffle touches the outboard end of the barrel but has a 3/8" gap on the inboard side (next to the crankcase). That gap between the fins and the baffle seems like an easy exit for lazy air to escape without doing the cooling work I need.
Before I reinvent the wheel, I thought I'd check to see what other Titan builders have done. Did you leave the gap, put an additional piece of aluminum inside the stock barrel baffle to form a cone, bend the barrel baffle to close the gap, cut it off and make a new one, etc.?
Thanks!
Because Titan tapers the cylinder barrel fins to save weight, the baffle touches the outboard end of the barrel but has a 3/8" gap on the inboard side (next to the crankcase). That gap between the fins and the baffle seems like an easy exit for lazy air to escape without doing the cooling work I need.
Before I reinvent the wheel, I thought I'd check to see what other Titan builders have done. Did you leave the gap, put an additional piece of aluminum inside the stock barrel baffle to form a cone, bend the barrel baffle to close the gap, cut it off and make a new one, etc.?
Thanks!