| Its time I started on the baffeling and the plenum, I've been dreading this based on comments I've received from other builders, |
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| particularly about how the plenum didn't fit. Sam James uses a slightly different baffeling design than Van's. I bought the Van's |
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| baffle kit. One of the differences is the rear (#6 & #5) baffles. Using Van's requires some modifications to the rear of the James |
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| plenum. I decided it was easier to deal with these than to make the Sam James baffles and match them to Van's. We'll see if I |
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| was right. Another issue I have, is a missalignment of the plenum intake tubes with the Cowl intake rings. The Left plenum tube |
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| is 'shifted' about 3/16" - 5/16" too far outboard, the Right plenum tube is shifted about 1/8" too far inboard. Initially I thought that it |
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| was poor work on building the plenum, The plenum is a hand crafted piece and isnot made from a precision mold. However, |
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| after studying it and doing the initial sanding to get it fit, I'm of the opinion that while the left intake tube is shifted a little too far, |
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| some of the problem is with the way I mounted my cowl. I'm now convinced that my cowl is slightly shifted to the right, if it were |
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| bang on the money it would render the plenum differences moot. Now the decision is whether to cut off the Left plenum intake |
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| and reglass it moving it over a smidge, or whether to leave as is and accomodate through the neopreme ruber sleves that couple |
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| the cowl and plenum rings together. |
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