Firewall Forward (December 2004 - April 2009)
This section describes the firewall forward installation (i.e., engine). I have decided to install a Mazda RX-7 (13B) rotary engine in my RV-7A. To read about how I made this decision, click here.
Total time worked on the Firewall Forward: 90.5 hours
Cooling System
| 2005-02-06 | 4.0 | - Oil Cooler arrives. |
| 2005-02-10 | 1.0 | - Straighten Oil Cooler fins. | 5 | hours |
Engine
| 2004-12-10 | 0.0 | - Research. |
| 2005-02-21 | 8.0 | - Engine tear-down. |
| 2005-03-13 | 8.0 | - Engine tear-down. |
| 2005-03-20 | 10.0 | - Engine clean-up. |
| 2005-04-03 | 10.0 | - Engine clean-up. |
| 2005-04-09 | 7.0 | - Engine clean-up. |
| 2005-04-17 | 10.0 | - Engine clean-up. |
| 2005-04-24 | 5.0 | - Engine clean-up. |
| 2005-05-01 | 2.0 | - Engine clean-up. |
| 2005-05-19 | 0.5 | - New engine arrives. |
| 2005-07-10 | 4.0 | - Cleaning parts and the garage. |
| 2007-05-19 | 0.0 | - Got the redrive. |
| 2007-08-26 | 4.0 | - Repaint the oil pan, again. |
| 2008-08-05 | 0.0 | - We have an engine mount. |
| 2008-08-10 | 2.0 | - Painted the engine mount. |
| 2008-11-09 | 2.0 | - Started Building-up the Engine. |
| 2009-04-18 | 1.0 | - Engine Build - Big Nut, Counter Weight, Drive Plate. | 73.5 | hours |
Engine Test Stand
| 2008-09-01 | 10.0 | - Building the Engine Test Stand. |
| 2008-09-20 | 2.0 | - Finished Building the Engine Test Stand. | 12 | hours |