I've now fought my way almost to the end of the snorkel and baffles installation. In the end, not too bada job, but I htink this has possibly been the least enjoyable part of the whole build and is certainly the one where I have had to order the greatest proportion of replacement parts (baffles on the left - over-trimmed).
I now have the air-seal fabric in place around all the "outside" baffles, but I'm uncertain about its positioning on the two "front" baffles, the ones lie behind the spinner. Along the top its obvious that it should lie up against the underside of the top cowling. However, along the (sloping) sides, should it lie up against the cowling, or should it lie against the two inlet ramps? There is a big difference in the trimming. The sides of the baffles are very close to the edges of the inlet ramps - maybe 1/4 inch to spare or so. It is very unclear on the instructions which way to go, SFAICS. It probably doesn't really matter that much (especially as I live in rainy cold England and not nice, warm, sunny, Texas) but what do most folk do?
Thanks
Chris
I now have the air-seal fabric in place around all the "outside" baffles, but I'm uncertain about its positioning on the two "front" baffles, the ones lie behind the spinner. Along the top its obvious that it should lie up against the underside of the top cowling. However, along the (sloping) sides, should it lie up against the cowling, or should it lie against the two inlet ramps? There is a big difference in the trimming. The sides of the baffles are very close to the edges of the inlet ramps - maybe 1/4 inch to spare or so. It is very unclear on the instructions which way to go, SFAICS. It probably doesn't really matter that much (especially as I live in rainy cold England and not nice, warm, sunny, Texas) but what do most folk do?
Thanks
Chris