Cowl in on!

Post by **bullojm1** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 10:27 pm

After a month of work (with many disruptions), I finally got the cowl final fitted and drilled to the fuselage. Without a doubt this has been the worst part of the build for me so far. Give me proseal and plexiglass canopy's any day!

weezbad · Post by **weezbad** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 10:29 pm

looking like a plane mike. i heard the sam james cowls were a bit more work....are they? they look awesome.

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 8:58 am

Sweet Mike!! That looks friggin' awesome!! Are you going to do the plenum or stick with baffles?

Post by **bullojm1** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 9:02 am

Thanks for the compliment guys!

Weez- I don't know how much more or less work the Van's cowl would of been compared to the SJ. I am guessing about the same up to now, since all I have had to do it trim the sides. All I have left is to install the induction rings which doesn't *seem* like that much work.

Chad- I was planning on the plenum, but I read about someone who installed it and didn't get any added performance. I am going with the standard baffle kit from Van's for now and saving myself the $500 and the weight.

cnpeters · Post by **cnpeters** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 12:20 pm

bullojm1 wrote:Thanks for the compliment guys!

Chad- I was planning on the plenum, but I read about someone who installed it and didn't get any added performance.

Looks great, Mike. On the plenum, I've heard accounts either way - added performance and none. Anyone know of anyone who has done a plenum after their plane was built and had before/after numbers? Or two folks with similarly equipped RV's that did some comparisons?

Post by **Spike** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 7:51 am

Sweet dude. That is very nice.

dons · Post by **dons** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:11 am

Very nice Mike. I also would like to use the SJ cowl, but haven't completely made up my mind yet. It will be interesting to see how it works out for you since you will be flying years before I will be.

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 12:29 pm

Mike, that looks great!

You are crankin' right along!

Once my life is in order again, I will be right on your heels!

Nice job!

CJ

Wicked Stick · Post by **Wicked Stick** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 7:02 am

Don't forget I'll be there to help you once your back in action on the 7.

BSwayze · Post by **BSwayze** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 1:46 am

Mike,
That's awesome, man. Way to go! Thanks for posting a pic for all of us to see.
Bruce

f14rio · Post by **f14rio** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 6:50 am

Looking friggin' sweet Mike!!