lcottrell
Joined: 29 May 2006
Posts: 1494
Location: Jordan Valley, Or
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 Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2016 11:53 am Post subject: Fwd: hks engine mounting |
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From: Larry Cottrell <lcottrell1020(at)gmail.com (lcottrell1020(at)gmail.com)>
Date: Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 1:40 PM
Subject: hks engine mounting
To: "kolb-list(at)matronics.com (kolb-list(at)matronics.com)" <kolb-list(at)matronics.com (kolb-list(at)matronics.com)>
Bill, Before you have to ask, I thought that I would share with you what I had to do to make mine work. The original plans and the way that I set mine up following directions on a mount for a Slingshot are much different than what I ended up with. Original had the muffler and oil cooler in a line on top of the wing and in front of the engine. That did not work because all that stuff blocked the engine head cooling. In fact I obtained after quite a bit of testing, the alum shrouds that cover the cylinder heads, from Jerry (at)Green Sky. I am not sure if there are any available or not but I have a flattened tracing of what it takes to build them if you need them. There is no way that I could find that would keep the engine cool enough to use without them.
I ended up with the oil cooler on the back of the cage, and that has worked for me. The only thing that would make it any better would be an adjustable baffle that you could use to open and close for the different outside temps. I currently use Gorrilla tape.
The only other thing worth mentioning is the flat piece of alum that I secured to the back of the muffler. That stopped some of the swirling that we associate with drag, giving me cleaner air to the cylinder heads and carbs. It also has the additional effect of adding about 7 MPH to the top speed. I am sure that you could clean up the installation if one actually thought about where to place every thing before installation rather than as an afterthought.
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