Starduster

Ok, so it's not enough to just rebuild the engine and get it back on the airplane in good working order... We decided to take advantage of the fact that everything was off the front of the airplane and add a couple of well needed project to the task list.

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Plenum Box

Since the baffles were in bad shape anyway, why not spend a little extra time fabricating a fully enclosed Plenum Box to replace them and realize some additional benefits:

	Improve the engine cooling
	Replace the tacky, beat up baffles
	Weak baffle in lower front of engine
	Eliminate strangely arranged bracing
	Eliminate excess air from escaping elsewhere
	Increase cruise speed... not that we're racing anyone
	Just plain looks cool!!

Nose Bowl

Since the air opening is different with the Plenum Box, we needed to reshape the Nose Bowl

	Fit the air intakes to the new plenum box for more efficient airflow
	Make the nose a little more aerodynamic
	Reduce the size of the opening for airflow
	Take some height off the top of the cowling
	Remove the split in the top of the bowl and make a stronger one piece unit
	Relocate the oil cooler to a more efficient position

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