yankee-flyer
Well Known Member
I think all the tweaking to get the lower cowl to fit has caught up with me on the cooling duct. The first fit shows two problems:
1) There's no way I'll have 1/2" under the exhaust pipe
2) The cooling duct is literally touching the valve cover of the #4 cylinder-- I'm sure that's a no-no. Trimming and tweaking the part will probably help some but I think some fiberglass surgery will be called for.
Is the solution to both to cut holes in the cooling duct and then put "bumps" on the inside of the duct? Gotta mess up the airflow!!
I don't see any indication of the vertical location of the duct with respect to the water radiator face. Is anyplace it comes out OK as long as the radiator core isn't covered OK?
I'm really hating all this fiberglass work and noting that the farther you get into the project the less explicit the instructions are. Looks Like Van's got tired of it too.
Bad feeling that the final solution will be all new fiberglass pieces to try to get things located better.
Wayne 120241 N143WM maybe
1) There's no way I'll have 1/2" under the exhaust pipe
2) The cooling duct is literally touching the valve cover of the #4 cylinder-- I'm sure that's a no-no. Trimming and tweaking the part will probably help some but I think some fiberglass surgery will be called for.
Is the solution to both to cut holes in the cooling duct and then put "bumps" on the inside of the duct? Gotta mess up the airflow!!
I don't see any indication of the vertical location of the duct with respect to the water radiator face. Is anyplace it comes out OK as long as the radiator core isn't covered OK?
I'm really hating all this fiberglass work and noting that the farther you get into the project the less explicit the instructions are. Looks Like Van's got tired of it too.
Bad feeling that the final solution will be all new fiberglass pieces to try to get things located better.
Wayne 120241 N143WM maybe