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    You guys in the frozen tundra might consider the a thermostat for a 912. I was looking at Stolp Vortex Generators, and this looked interesting, but it is not something I need in Texas! If it's -10 Degrees I am staying home!

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    My testing showed that at outside air temperature of 12ºC (54ºF), head temp was 50ºC (122ºF) at 2 minutes and 80ºC (176ºF) at 4 minutes. Before the thermostat, I hadn’t been able to get to 80ºC at all while on the ground. This feels much better to me for the full power take-off than at the much lower temps before. Once in flight the head temps locked in at 91ºC (195ºF) on the right side, and 87ºC (189ºF) on the left side, and stayed there, regardless of full power climb or idle descent."

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    I run an oil thermostat, works great, not sure what the concerns are with running the heads too cool.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dorsal View Post
    I run an oil thermostat, works great, not sure what the concerns are with running the heads too cool.
    The cabin heat isn't very effective when the heads are too cool.

    A thermostat would be nice...
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    dorsal, do you happen to have any pictures of the heater core installation? thanks

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    Here is the best I have
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    hi all, new to this sight looks like a lot of great info on the kit fox. i will be checking in often for tips on the super sport build as i wait for my kit to be ready to be picked up. ordered it at sebring and it is supposed to be ready some time in june. was wondering has any one used a cabin heat sys, off the muffler like on the rans s7s with the 912. thanks

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    James, Best of luck with your SS Kit, as you can see I have a Light
    Sport it is a great little plane!

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    jamesmil- congrats. of the wise purchase and welcome aboard.

    Per your question of heat muff versus using engine coolant for heating. It's easy and safe to pull cabin heat from the engine coolant as apposed to radiant heat from an exhaust pipe. Less chance to bring carbon monoxide into the cabin.


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    FWIW on wiring the muffin fans, I used a DPDT switch to put the fans in series or parallel resulting in a high and low setting. I found this quite nice in the fall when I wanted only a little heat.
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    thanks for the info guys, i have a rans s7s with muf, heat works good for the front seat but not the back seat. also my rv7 muf, heat works all right,but nouthing to brag about. one thing about muf, heat is no wating for the water to warm up. have plenty of time to check on some of the smaller things while waiting for the kit.

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