Show us your engine compartment!

[Steve Dawson]

I'm just installing a JPI 900 in my Bravo and wanted to clean up under the cowl to make things look neat and organized. Does anyone have pictures of their engine compartment they're proud to show? 

[PilotX]

Garmin EIS and new baffles from @GEE-BEE AEROPRODUCTS

[Greg Ellis]

Maybe I went a little overboard on cleaning up my firewall forward....

[Steve Dawson]

9 hours ago, PilotX said:

Garmin EIS and new baffles from @GEE-BEE AEROPRODUCTS

I like the blue. Did you notice much difference in cooling? I but Guy's baffle kit on my J and worked as advertised and cleaned up the looks too.

[PilotX]

35 minutes ago, Steve Dawson said:

I like the blue. Did you notice much difference in cooling? I but Guy's baffle kit on my J and worked as advertised and cleaned up the looks too.

I only flew it for a month before we did all that work. So no basis for comparison. I have been keeping my hottest (#1) below 380 but I guess that was for Conti. Managing #1 mostly with cowl flaps. I don’t think #1 being warmer than the rest is baffling but the other cylinders are pretty cool ~20 deg lower. I haven’t flown in a week. I need some Miss Daisy time. 

[Stan]

2 hours ago, Greg Ellis said:

Maybe I went a little overboard on cleaning up my firewall forward....

Looks good, going to be a LOOOOOONG take off roll, though!!!

[Guest]

From a J model we’re just finishing.

Clarence

[kortopates]

From a J model we’re just finishing.
Clarence

good job having it pulled forward or in - that’s what many owners seem to miss.


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[Guest]

Just now, kortopates said:

good job having it pulled forward or in - that’s what many owners seem to miss.


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The corner buttons have yet to be installed, but it does seal nicely against the cowls.  All metal edges and gaps sealed with black rtv silicone.

Clarence

[MooneyMitch]

In- process of installing new engine in my former Ovation a few years ago.  Such a fun and exciting project it was !

[Guest]

4 hours ago, MooneyMitch said:

In- process of installing new engine in my former Ovation a few years ago.  Such a fun and exciting project it was !

That looks awesome, it’s nice to see people who are willing to go the whole distance on an install.  
 

Clarence

[Guest]

I’ve fashioned a few variations of this for mounting pressure transducers.

Clarence

[Brandt]

[Steve Dawson]

10 hours ago, M20Doc said:

From a J model we’re just finishing.

Clarence

Almost to nice to cover it up with a cowl. 

[MooneyMitch]

5 hours ago, M20Doc said:

That looks awesome, it’s nice to see people who are willing to go the whole distance on an install.  
 

Clarence

Thank you.  I even polished the Lord mount aluminum shields.  Ya could have eaten off that engine compartment when I was done.  Kept it that way too.  Mighty proud of it I was!!!

[Guest]

6 hours ago, GEE-BEE AEROPRODUCTS said:

1977 correct, only two ducts ?

i made the rh duct longer than original to reroute it .

No, it’s a 1983 model.  I too make the right duct longer to avoid the cowl flap linkage.

Clarence

[Guest]

7 hours ago, MooneyMitch said:

Thank you.  I even polished the Lord mount aluminum shields.  Ya could have eaten off that engine compartment when I was done.  Kept it that way too.  Mighty proud of it I was!!!

There are many small details I’ve noticed on your install.  It’s always a balancing act between a clean and tidy installation and a reasonable budget.  My brother used to say “do you want it thrown in or installed?”

Clarence

[GeeBee]

7 hours ago, GEE-BEE AEROPRODUCTS said:

All that and you didn’t order ducts with finished ends ?

Give me dimensions 

Those are factory ducts. Fiberglass outer sheathing.

 

[Brandt]

10 hours ago, GEE-BEE AEROPRODUCTS said:

All that and you didn’t order ducts with finished ends ?

Give me dimensions 

Sorry, didn’t order anything. All from the factory this way.

[lotsofgadgets]

Here is my newly overhauled IO-360A3B6D.  

[ArtVandelay]

No, it’s a 1983 model.  I too make the right duct longer to avoid the cowl flap linkage.

I did what lotsofgadgets did, double adel clamps to keep it off the cowl linkage.

[EricJ]

15 minutes ago, ArtVandelay said:

I did what lotsofgadgets did, double adel clamps to keep it off the cowl linkage.

That's a good solution.   Long ago in its earlier life my airplane was a rental and they made a bracket right there to hold the Hobbs meter, where you can see it through the oil hatch.   I ditched the meter and use what's left of the bracket to hold the duct, but I think the adel clamps is a better idea and would let me finally ditch the rest of the bracket.

[PT20J]

21 hours ago, M20Doc said:

I’ve fashioned a few variations of this for mounting pressure transducers.

Clarence

That is so nice! Much better than the Mooney adel clamp installations.

[PT20J]

When I had Guy @@GEE-BEE AEROPRODUCTS make me SCEET ducts, I found an added advantage was that the added rigidity required less support.

[EricJ]

21 hours ago, M20Doc said:

I’ve fashioned a few variations of this for mounting pressure transducers.

Clarence

Where do you mount that?    The outfit that installed my engine monitor made a similer thing, but much larger, and was attaching it to the engine mount above the oil filter such that I wouldn't be able to change the oil filter without removing the whole assembly every time.   I nixed that idea when they were already about half done with it, and instead they mounted the transducers independently on the firewall.   It's reasonably clean the way they wound up doing it, but this looks interesting.