| After dropping Parker off this am, I went down and bought some more Hi-Temp epoxy. Also picked up some spray on release |
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| agent. I was expensive but appears to be very close to spray on vegetable oil which I believe would woork just as well. I traced a |
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| line on the engine case where the plenum would contact it, then used duct tape to tape off everything 1/4" before and behind the |
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| line. (I also wraped some of the accessories to protect them. Sanded the front of th eplenum where the layups would adhere to. |
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| Mounted it to the baffleing with screws. I cut several 12-18" x 2-3" strips of fiberglass cloth on the bias. the mixed up the epoxy |
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| and began doing the lay-ups. I found that using smaller length strips and overlapping them worked well. Began on the left side of |
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| the engine and worked my way around to othe right side. Applied at least 4 plays and in some cases 6+ plys. Ran and got a soda |
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| while it set-up, Then poppd it off. Looks like I got a really close (fiberglass to engine case) fit on 98% of the plenum, The |
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| remaining will get addressed with some RTV just before 1st engine start. Trimmed the plenum so that it has aprox 1/4" flange |
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| which projects forward. Sanded everything on the forward face of the plenum, mixed some micro and trowled it into all of the |
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| contours to make a smoother appearance. There are some areas around the intake rings which need to be sealed. tomorrows |
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