No not as a system the cold air sump from ECI is a good one. We had a little inside drift on it as They were one of the big sponcers at "SWRFI" for a long time. If I could have used it and kept it as it was ment to be, I would do it again. In talks with the brass at Larrys and ECI it was more like this is one that fell through the cracks for happenstance more than anything. ECI was looking at a wide number of aircraft to put this system on and it will on most. The tail wheel being on the front end of the "A's" is as much of the problem as anything. There is only room for two small pipes to go through the engine mount framing. And yes the cowl is close fit.. Van has a good thing going as is, so they are not going to change the mount or cowl. There are very few 8-A's with this cold air intake being put on them, so Larry's not going build just a few set-ups and see if Van will put them on the shelf to gather dust. ECI has a good cold air sump and intake that will go on a lot of Kit's with no tail wheel up front, so they have made their commitment and need to hold on to it to get it to pan out.. This one I think just fell through the cracks. It can be made to work in a number of way and I am not above making a one of a kind exaust. "been there done that" We wanted to be serviceable and easy to get parts down the road for most items that will need to be fixed, Yes they will, so thats what led us to go to a sump change. That way they will be stock items when the time comes!!
Yours as always REA III #80888
