It was worth a shot, because worst case I was going to have to replace the sump anyway. This way, I don't have to buy a $2200 cold air sump. The downside is, I believe none of the standard vetterman exhaust kits will work, but I've been told that I can call vetterman directly and have one made that ...

I'm pretty sure that it's the same casting, because they have the same pad with bosses for the studs cast into the front as they did on the rear. The holes are drilled and tapped into 1.5" deep 5/8" diameter bosses cast into the inside, and there's a forcing cone cast into the interior as well as a ...

pretty sure it's just a sump change! (probably sump and induction tubes). It's possible that there are other minor differences, but the only thing that makes that engine non-suitable for your RV is the aft-facing induction. I have a C1C, which should be the same as a C1C6 but non-counterweighted, an...

so I bought this C1C last summer. The C1C is an angle valve 200hp engine that was on the Arrow among others, and it's setup for aft-facing induction. I bought the engine knowing that this would need to be done, and last night I got off my duff and got it done :) I did the machine work on my Bridgepo...

The lighting is pretty odd in the pictures, but the epoxy primer came out quite nice... I'm very satisfied with the gray and the sheen.

The plum crazy is exactly what I want. I have a green in mind too, I just have to make sure they work together well....

I really like the concept myself. The lines are great and I think you are on the right track with the green. I would tweak the green a bit to make it pop out. Maybe a florescent green? That could be really cool! Spike Yeah that is what I had in mind, but I can't make a color on the computer that ap...

Here's how it looks in Aurora's colors

Screwing around in illustrator.

I'm not convinced I like the colors themselves, but I really like the lines...

this is true!

aw man I really wish I could, but an OSH trip is too expensive to make this year


Maybe I just need to buy commercial tickets and fly up for the otter and home again

I'm about to paint my interior... I bought a quart kit (makes 2.5qt) of polyfiber stits epoxy primer in white, and I had it tinted just slightly gray. I'll report back when it's done with pics

Getting there... I need to get the motor on a stand and start messing with it. It's got an aft facing sump, and I'm pretty sure I can convert it to forward facing, but I need to pull it and bring it home so I can cut on it a bit

wyatt seems nonplussed (re the first picture)

I know, I'm a horrible fair weather friend, but I'm back hard at work and I wanted to check in :) I'm finishing up some odds and ends before I start cutting my canopy. Hopefully I can paint my interior this weekend. My goal is to have the canopy complete before the weather gets cold this year, and t...

so here's my question... I've heard lots of people say that it's super critical to get a bill of sale whenever you purchase a project, and that the chain of ownership has to be unbroken all the way back up to van's in order to be able to register the airplane. So how do scratchbuilders do it? In oth...

One of the little things that can be tough about buying a project is making sure you get all the hardware and other small parts that came with the kits. It's easy for that stuff to get misplaced, and it can add up to big bucks if you have to re-purchase it.

good thinking!

also, can you point to any particular sika writeups that you used? I need to start making decisions on how I'm going to do the canopy...

I deleted the cowl, going with the sam james, so I couldn't tell ya