Rich Parker wrote: > Can any of you corvair guys tell me the distance from the firewall to the > rear of the the square frame section part of the engine mount and how high > it is mounted from the bottom of the firewall?
The tube is 6.5" away from the firewall on mine, as shown at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/corvair/mount_fit.html . It's also right at 6.5" above the bottom of the firewall, when the plane is level. This gives you a thrust line that is about 2.38" below the top of the longeron. In this setup, the fuel pump barely clears the top of the cowling, and you might end up needing some "nostrils" to clear the intakes, unless you do something heroic with a welder like I did at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/corvair/intake.html . I wouldn't really recommend it though, as it locks you in to one intake system forever. And it was pointed out to me that if I ever get stuck at a foreign airport, I'll have to have a mill and a TIG welder (rather than just a replacement head) to get home, but then I have that problem anyway, since mine's a 3100cc engine with bored heads and case... Mark Langford, Huntsville, AL N56ML "at" hiwaay.net see KR2S project at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford
