jeffw@sc47
Well Known Member
I have had to do modifications to the air intake snorkel to fit to the Airflow Perf throttle body, took a good bit of time but not too difficult.
When I got around to fitting the bottom cowling, that's when things got really difficult. The bottom part of the snorkel at the left side of the bottom cowling's center bulge, under the prop spinner, was contacting the cowling. I made a number of modifications to get the snorkel and cowling to clear so that the cowling could come up to where it properly fit behind the spinner backplate.
As a result, the snorkel ended up getting chocked down too much, and contorted a bit, so that the airflow through it became turbulent to the point where it was pulsating; to the point that it will not work properly and the engine would not run well.
HAS ANYONE! installed the Lycoming IO-390 Tbolt with the Airflow Performance FM-200 fuel injection system on their RV14 and gotten as far as fitting the snorkel to the engine and the cowlings through Page 45-06 instructions?
If no issues and everything went fine - I need to talk to you - PLEASE. I am stumped as to why I am having some big no-fit problems.
When I got around to fitting the bottom cowling, that's when things got really difficult. The bottom part of the snorkel at the left side of the bottom cowling's center bulge, under the prop spinner, was contacting the cowling. I made a number of modifications to get the snorkel and cowling to clear so that the cowling could come up to where it properly fit behind the spinner backplate.
As a result, the snorkel ended up getting chocked down too much, and contorted a bit, so that the airflow through it became turbulent to the point where it was pulsating; to the point that it will not work properly and the engine would not run well.
HAS ANYONE! installed the Lycoming IO-390 Tbolt with the Airflow Performance FM-200 fuel injection system on their RV14 and gotten as far as fitting the snorkel to the engine and the cowlings through Page 45-06 instructions?
If no issues and everything went fine - I need to talk to you - PLEASE. I am stumped as to why I am having some big no-fit problems.