20-01-2018, 01:25 PM
(This post was last modified: 20-01-2018, 01:30 PM by Steve Jones.)
(20-01-2018, 12:48 PM)JonE Wrote: slightly off thread, but for the upper mounts, remember that if you want to use the cowl-side connection as per Steve's photos, Rod Yates has repro cowl stiffeners/support bars in stock that go in behind the rad and connect up to the cowl positions... running in an arc over the top of the fan blade. Also used on 65 and Nippy. Neat...
Absolutely correct Jon and if you're using wings with any weight to them then I'd suggest this, or something similar, is a must so as to avoid any eventual distortion to the sides of the rad shell. However, my set up is about as light as it can get and I don't have a supporting cross bar. Four and a half years later, many road miles, 39 hillclimb and sprint events and one barrel roll at Loton Park, the rad shell remains undistorted so, probably, not essential for a lightweight set up.
Steve