Earlier in my build I was just going step by step as per the plans. Put my red cube in the tunnel right where the plans say it goes. About to hang the engine and star the cowling. I have an IO-540 engine and I now realize that the tunnel may not be the ideal location. Has anyone used this location and how well does it work there? I have an extra red cube. If I decide to change it's location is there a problem with leaving the original one in the tunnel and mounting another one somewhere between the fuel pump and the the spider. Obviously I would disconnected the wiring from the one in the tunnel and rewire to the new one. I have the braided fuel lines from Flightlines and everything fits perfectly in the tunnel as is. Plumbing firewall forward would be so much easier than re-plumbing my tunnel. I have a couple of options.
1. Leave the original one in the tunnel and see how it works.
2. Leave the original one in the tunnel and add a second one firewall forward with the option to swap the wiring to see which one works better.
I feel like option 2 is a better choice as long as having an "inert" red cube in the tunnel is not going to cause some kind of flow problem.
Thoughts?
Thanks
1. Leave the original one in the tunnel and see how it works.
2. Leave the original one in the tunnel and add a second one firewall forward with the option to swap the wiring to see which one works better.
I feel like option 2 is a better choice as long as having an "inert" red cube in the tunnel is not going to cause some kind of flow problem.
Thoughts?
Thanks