To Graham Clarke
I agree with your remarks about the Stainless firewall; in fact fence might be
a
better word ;-) I decided not to bother struggling with the bits of bent tin and
moulded a two part phenolic/glass firewall. The top half is more or less flat
and fits behind the engine mount, over the shockcord etc. It can't be removed
without taking the engine out. The bottom half covers all the cross tubes rudder
cables etc. Only the two return springs poke through and they can be easily
covered with bent tin, or more mouldings when I can get a round twoit. Currently
I've used all of my stock of twoits :-(
The moulding does streamline the whole bottom outlet area, but unfortunately
also reduces the cross section. The problem is that our super efficient silencer
blocks up the hole. I have my cooling outlets (and radiators) where Europa put
those nice little gill outlets. One big Gills each side, in fact. Hopefully I
should be able to report very soon if it all works. There could be a stony
silence(g)
There is another pedal crank conflict to watch for. Make sure you can get full
movement without the outboard pedal, RHS, hitting the side of the footwell. Some
people have bent their cranks slightly to avoid hitting the engine mounts.
Graham 1tun
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