Engine Page 3
| Vetterman Exhaust
installation buy a Vetterman exhaust |
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I was going to try and make my won exhaust, but I broke down after talking with Larry Vetterman and bought one... I am glad I did! |
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The system fit like a glove, and will probably be the best looking thing on the plane.....AND NOBODY WILL SEE IT! |
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I took Larry's hanger kit and modified it to make one hanger hold both pipes... |
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They pretty much just fell into place and the hose keeps them from hitting the engine mount. I'll have to see if it's going to work once I have the engine running... |
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There was plenty of cowl clearance. At least 3" everywhere... |
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The pipes point down slightly, but wont be a drag problem because the cowl scoop bulge blocks them... |
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I also got Robbins Heat muff...
It also fit perfectly... ROBBINS' WINGS (RICK ROBBINS) 303-422-9389 HEAT MUFFS |
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I ran the cables through the fire about where the plans say to... If I could do it over again I would get the 60" cables from Van's... |
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On my O320-E3D, the 55" cables fit, but just barely, they couldn't have gone any farther... 5" more would have been great... |
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The cable bracket fit perfectly and placed the cables right where they needed to be... At right you can see the routing inside the fuse... |
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At left, that push/pull cable you see there is going to be for the oil cooler door... At right you can see the finished control quadrant... |
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More pix of the filtered air box assembly... |
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UPDATE... After about 80 hours of flying, one my Vetterman exhaust hangar brackets broke so I made some new ones... |
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I made these new exhaust hangars out of 3/4"x1/8" flat aluminum stock, some 1/2" ID rubber hose, and some SS pop rivets... |
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The hangars are about 7" long. I ended up making another one about 4 1/4" long to connect to the two exhaust pipes together... |
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In these pictures you can see how I attached the hangars. I am going to try them like this for a while to see if I may need to move them or not... |
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