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At 10:25 AM 1/1/2007 -0800, you wrote:

Happy New Year everyone!

I just finished installing the cowl on my IO-540 Super Rebel. This is then

new larger cowl from MAM. I am using Camloc fasteners to attach the cowl to
the firewall area. The Camlocs have some play which I didn't allow for and
now the front of the cowl is sitting lower than I planned. There is 3/8"
between the top of the starter ring and the inside top of the cowl. Will
this be enough clearance? How much movement of the engine should I allow for?

Tim
SR060

It would likely be enough on a 4 cylinder but I don't know if the 6's move
around more or not. What Piper does on the cherokee 6 is put a couple
locator pins in the top cowl near the centre and a couple receivers that
attach to the firewall. This keeps the cowl from sagging down and nicely
centred on the spinner.
Drew



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