Fitting the engine, cowling, and exhaust I notice the the clearance of the exhaust is about the thickness of a quarter away from the cowling as it makes the 90 degree swivel. With an exhaust temperature of about 1200 degrees that sound like a potential for a fire or at least a lot of cowling warpage. Looks like I need to cut away a chunk of cowling at the seams for this to work. Anybody else had this issue? Also why does the 2 cycle oil tank need to be mounted at that goofy angle. That's about the only thing I do have room for and could mount it upright. Built an Avidflyer an don't remember having so many issues, but at my age I can't remember much anyway.

Sorry for the long wind question..