Saturday, November 20, 2021

Inter-cooler

I received my inter-cooler brackets and proceeded to mount them to the aircraft. First, I had to mark and drill some holes for the engine bolts. As with all things custom, I had some issues with the holes that were pre-drilled in the brackets and had to convert the holes to slots to allow for some repositioning. Once that was done I could mount the brackets, then the inter-cooler.

Got it mounted and level

Unfortunately, it's not square to the engine/spinner. After looking at the template and taking some measurements, it appears the bracket is about 1/2" shorter than the template. It will have to be remade.

Some clearance issues with the gearbox, so I cut it down to the lines.

After trimming.