good morning fellow builders,
i would like to ask for some opinions about my sniffle valve setup.
vans drawing says to put in a sniffle valve in the port on the sump, then put on a rubber hose and a aluminum tube. thing is: on my superior cold air sump the sniffle valve port is obstructed by the crossover exhaust. talked to larry vatterman and he mentioned a remote sniffle valve or something.
here we go: i was putting in a 90-elbow-fitting that is connected with a steel tube to another elbow fitting near the bottom of the firewall. this second fitting points down and i turned a rubber hose over the threaded part of the fitting (the hose sits not lose on the fitting, actually you can srew it on and it's secured with a clamp). the hose is then connected to the sniffle valve the same way i did it with the fitting. the sniffle valve is mounted on a small metal sheet which is in turn bolted to the firewall. i didn't see any other way than to push a rubber grommet over the sniffle valve to mount it in a big hole in the mounting plate. on the bootom side of the sniffle valve there is again a rubber hose and aluminum tube (that i have to cut to final length and secure it to the cowling.
very confusing story so i added some pics. one pic is just there to show that you can build a 7 in a one car garage.
i do not know if i found the ultimate solution for the problem or if my setup is complete ****. any thoughts???
thank you
Kay
i would like to ask for some opinions about my sniffle valve setup.
vans drawing says to put in a sniffle valve in the port on the sump, then put on a rubber hose and a aluminum tube. thing is: on my superior cold air sump the sniffle valve port is obstructed by the crossover exhaust. talked to larry vatterman and he mentioned a remote sniffle valve or something.
here we go: i was putting in a 90-elbow-fitting that is connected with a steel tube to another elbow fitting near the bottom of the firewall. this second fitting points down and i turned a rubber hose over the threaded part of the fitting (the hose sits not lose on the fitting, actually you can srew it on and it's secured with a clamp). the hose is then connected to the sniffle valve the same way i did it with the fitting. the sniffle valve is mounted on a small metal sheet which is in turn bolted to the firewall. i didn't see any other way than to push a rubber grommet over the sniffle valve to mount it in a big hole in the mounting plate. on the bootom side of the sniffle valve there is again a rubber hose and aluminum tube (that i have to cut to final length and secure it to the cowling.
very confusing story so i added some pics. one pic is just there to show that you can build a 7 in a one car garage.
thank you
Kay
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