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I am running a Rotec TBI on my FlyCorvair engine in my Cruzer. When I initially picked it up, I couldn't find any photos or help with linkages, etc so this is what I came up with.
The throttle bracket on the carb itself is cut from a piece of 2.5" square tubing. It mounts via the two rear main mounting bolts and 3 of the diaphragm bolts on the carb. I am running a single pilot-side throttle only. The bellcrank came from summit racing. I had to machine the push/pull link to connect it to the throttle slide. There is a small safety spring attached at the front connecting to the air box. If the bell crank or anything fails, it will pull the throttle full open.
The airbox is my own design, roughly based on the popular van's airbox utilizing a round K&N air filter. The carb heat is a combo carb heat/cabin heat design like WW recommends. Carb heat works fine, we'll see if it is enough to heat the cabin.
The mixture cable attaches to the block using two of the rear oil pan bolts. I'll have to get some photos of that.
Anyway, I hope this is helpful to some folks looking to use the Rotec. My plane isn't flying yet, but I have broken the engine in and done some taxi testing with this setup, it works flawlessly thus far.
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Great job of analyzing and solving that airflow issue. Thanks for sharing the info, I am sure it will be helpful to many others.
Your round heat muffs, where did you get those? Did you add door springs inside the muff as others have suggested?
Charlie
I made the heat muff myself. I did add a coil of copper wire inside to increase the amount of heat produced.
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