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Eric_Kallio
Joined: 29 Jan 2006
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Location: Baton Rouge, LA
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 Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 1:31 pm Post subject: James cowl inlet |
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Sitting here scratching my head. If I had hair it would be rubbed of by now. I am working on the FAB for the Sam James cowl. Don't have the cold air or anything fancy to make this any more complicated than it already is, just the 3" inlet ring. To those who have gone before me, I have the adapter from Sam James to put the round ram air inlet to the square peg of the FAB. My questions are:
1) How much space between the aft end of the ring and the forward part of the adapter glassed onto the FAB?
2) Using the fabric stuff provided by Sam James to fill the gap between the ring and the FAB are you having issues installing the lower cowl...how did you address that. I am not sure how it even gets held on. The instructions leave a lot to builder preference on this one.
Definitely looks like this is more work than the Vans cowl, but it sure does look nice:)
Eric Kallio
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Lenny Iszak
Joined: 23 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 2:31 pm Post subject: Re: James cowl inlet |
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Eric,
I have the same setup with the round intake ring. The intake ring adapter they sold me did not fit. It was huge on the FAB side, and small on the intake ring side if I remember correctly. I made one on my own, and on the second try it worked out...
I glassed the ring into the cowling, and then glassed the adapter onto it. The adapter is then slid into the baffling material attached to the end of the FAB. It takes a little work to install the cowling, but this setup actually holds the cowling in place in the front, while you button up the back end.
Lenny
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Eric_Kallio
Joined: 29 Jan 2006
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Location: Baton Rouge, LA
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| Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 3:39 pm Post subject: Re: James cowl inlet |
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Thanks Lenny. My adapter is off-sized like yours as well. When the cowling is in place how much space did you have between the inlet/adapter, and the filtered air box? I can't imagine leaving more than an inch or so between the two parts. Any pics by chance?
Eric
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Lenny Iszak
Joined: 23 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 5:04 pm Post subject: Re: James cowl inlet |
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Eric,
My cowling is off at the moment so i can take some pictures for you.
I tried to have as little space as possible, but if you get too close it will be impossible to put on the lower cowling. I needed to trim off a little from the end of the FAB. IIRC i have about a 1/2 - 3/4 of an inch space between the adapter on the cowling and the FAB. Will send you some pics soon.
Lenny
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