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Engine Update December 2008 Updates December 7, 2008 More Cowling Work.... - 8.0 hrs The seats arrived from Classic Aero Designs. These are the new style which replace the need for the seat backs. The bottom of the seat back has a hinge attachment that connects to the one in the floor. They also have a slideing lumbar support. I had to at least sit one in place to see how they look. Next I started working on camlock spacing. Looks like 3.75 is going to work best. I started with one in the center and with that spacing it will take 13 for the top cowl. I ended up cutting the cam strip into 3 pieces. I drilled the center piece and counter sunk to allow the dimples in the firewall to sit flush in the strip. Next I measured the right and left pieces for even spacing of the cam locks. Next I used a cutoff wheel on the dremmel tool and cut the edge I marked on the back edge of the cowl. I test fit and it was a bit snug so I used a 3 foot piece of wood with some 180 grit sandpaper. I sanded the back edge and test fit again. There needs to be a small gap to allow for paint. This website was built to document my work in compliance with the FAA requirements needed to certify my aircraft. My experiences and comments are by no means to be considered as instructions on how to build any aircraft.