| Glassed the repositioned Left intake on the plenum, The Hi Temp exoxy that I got kicks off faster than the West system and I |
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| almost got caught a bit short. With the faster epoxy and the temps locally hi. It cured fairly fast, and I was then able to turn the |
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| plenum over and to glass the right aft corner 'extension' in place with 4 ply's. I also layed up a 4 ply 6" square on the inside of |
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| the plenum where the oil filler seal (ala Ed Hayden) will go. This is the 1st step in fabbing that piece. Spent the bulk of the |
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| remainder of the day sanding the Left intake area, There's some filling that I'll need to do to smooth the interior where the |
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| repositioned surfaces have a joggle in them, Also the Left intake it too long, it is just short of the alum intake ring, I need to trim |
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| 1" off of it and then fabricate the neopreme sleeves that are used to permanently join the intake rings to the plenum using some |
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| stainless steel expandable clamps (which I don't have in the right size). Once that's done, I've got a fair amount to do just making |
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| the exterior of the plenum cosmetically acceptable, i.e. filling voids, sanding seam lines, and filling the edges to where they are a |
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| straight line vs. the bend / bow that's in them now. That will allow me to tighten the screws in the nutplates that join the plenum to |
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| the bafles without bowing/bending the baffles. I'm also going to look for some type of a rubber gasket that I can place between |
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| the plenum top and the baffles to make a better seal. |
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