Hello Net
For one long half hour, I took the KR into the air above PTK. At first to 2600
MSL then to 3600 MSL. I moved one more sensor today and made the other changes
I discussed yesterday. I placed the #3 sensor on the second plug. The plug
that is almost exactly in the location of the stock factory CHT location. I
made my take off with the waste gate open and the fuel pump on. By 400 AGL the
#3 was reading 450 and the #4 was reading 250 (remember that the #4 sender is
now located on the #3 cylinder head bolt. By 2600 my #3 was 550 and the #4 was
375. the oil temp went red. I leveled off and stayed there to see if the
numbers improved. The CHT started to come down as I lowered the nose and oil
temp took it's dear sweet time. Eventually the CHT leveled off at 325 at all
positions and the oil temp came down to 190. I climbed to 3500 using a little
boost and part throttle. The CHT on #3 plug climbed to 450 and the others
stayed the same including the oil. At this point I know that I can climb
slowly. I plan to continue to look for ways to cool things off while I build
some time on the new engine.
Orma
Southfield, MI
N110LR celebrating 20 years
To the gathering or bust
