Fw: OS 160 soft mount question

[Richard Strickland]

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From: Richard Strickland 
To: discussion at nsrca.org 
Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2004 11:42 AM
Subject: Re: OS 160 soft mount question


Rich,

Installation went something like this: You bolted the engine, spinner back-plate, spacer, and mount together; tacked the Lord mounts on the (whatever) solid mount backwards, held the fuse vertically so as not to distort the final set-up, tacked the spinner/spacer in place; then brought the firewall up to the Lord mounts, tacked them to it along with the firewall to the fuse--marked around the Lord mounts so you'd have something to draw centerlines with, break it all apart, draw centerlines and drill, mount the blind nuts(or?), reassemble everything now with the Lord mounts properly screwed into the firewall, tack the firewall in when you're satisfied you haven't screwed up, disassemble everything firewall forward again and glass(or whatever) the firewall in permanently.  I think I've talked myself in to trying this on my winter project--Temp #3.  Never have been a big nose ring fan. Needs some research. There's got to be a reason why this set-up lost favor however, since technically it looks superior to me.  But then again, I could be wrong.

Richard
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Fletcher, Richard 
  To: 'discussion at nsrca.org' 
  Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2004 8:47 AM
  Subject: RE: OS 160 soft mount question


  Hi Richard, 

      Would you let me know where you bought the Lord mounts?



  Thanks, Rich


    -----Original Message-----
    From: discussion-request at nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Richard Strickland
    Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 6:22 PM
    To: discussion at nsrca.org
    Subject: Re: OS 160 soft mount question


    I'm currently running ho'made Hyde mounts.  I used to run (4) Lord mounts on an oversized back-plate and no nose ring on my 60 sized stuff--and liked them very much. Very clean.  Does anyone still make them for the bigger stuff?  I haven't looked into it lately.  Didn't Sullivan buy the rights?  CRS disease.  In a couple of cases when we first got in to soft mounting, I was able to do a straight addition of Lord mounts to the back of my regular, hard mount and re-drill and tap new engine mount holes further back in the mount.  Worked fine if you had the engine originally mounted on the front of the mount.  I think some guys used (3) Lord mounts with a nose ring and (4) without.  The nice thing about those is there isn't ever a direct connection to the airframe. Man, I DO need to look in to these again!

    Richard
      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: Fletcher, Richard 
      To: 'vicenterc at comcast.net' ; discussion at nsrca.org ; 'discussion at nsrca.org' 
      Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 3:32 PM
      Subject: RE: OS 160 soft mount question


      Vincente, 

          Which Hyde mount should I use, and do you know where I can order a Mueller header? At this point I am inclined to go with a OS 160 because I can buy the engine, pipe, header and half the mount for the same money as an OS 140. I think the weight penalty will be 4 - 6 oz but with the power loading I don't think it will matter al that much. What do you think?



      Thanks, Rich


        -----Original Message-----
        From: vicenterc at comcast.net [mailto:vicenterc at comcast.net] 
        Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 4:21 PM
        To: discussion at nsrca.org; 'discussion at nsrca.org'
        Cc: Fletcher, Richard
        Subject: Re: OS 160 soft mount question


        Yes, in the pattern community Hyde mounts could be considered the best option.  My personal recommendation is: do NOT hard mount the engine.  There are other options there, but the Hyde mount could be the best option for your particular situation.  Note: I am not sponsored by Mr. Hyde.

        Vicente Bortone

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          Guys, 
          Please let me know how you are mounting this engine. I assume most are using Hyde mounts, please let me know which one. Is anyone hard mounting the engine? Anyone using any home made mounts?
          Thanks, Rich 
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