Posted Friday, March 11, 2011 @ 09:02 PM  

I milled .6" off the oil cooler adapter to lower the cooler. Some fins on the cooler needed to be milled as well (just fins, not oil cavity).

Here you can see the finished motor mounts on the Diehl case. It still amazes me that all this fits in the space behind the engine without changing the location of the engine a bit. I have some new valve covers that will go on after everything is working and I won't be beating them up on and off.

Lots still to do; baffles and stuff after it's mounted, and fitting the new cowl.

Posted Monday, March 14, 2011 @ 03:41 PM  

Here are the instructions for "break In' of the 1385 Rectimo VW.

#1 Procure 3 Qts. 30wt. Break in oil, Either Brad Penn,(prefered) or valvoline high zink 30wt racing oil.
#2 Set Magneto timing at 28degrees total advance.
#3 Re torque prop to crank hub nut to 80 ft lbs. Prop balance is extremely important as you know! Assuming everything is mounted properly. Start engine....Run and check for any irregularities. IE fuel / oil / vacuum leaks. check timing & carb adjustment. Run in time should be 1 hour or more, Shuting off and re-starting bringing up to tempreture each time Aprox 15 min intervals.
#4 Let cool. Remove valve covers, Remove rocker arms, Re-torque cylinder heads to 24 ft lbs working from the center outward (a vw handbook will help with sequence.) Re-install rocker arms and torque to 16 ft lbs. Re-adjust valves to .004 th...Again a handbook will help in this area. Start and recheck all systems..
#5 Drain oil and replace with 30wt valvoline racing. Time to fly...After a 1 hour flight let cool and re- adjust valves..Again check all systems...