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I am looking for a Baffle kit for my O-290-D2. Anybody have set they are will to sell?

I have been told that Vans may have a pattern, but I haven't heard back from my efforts to contact their support team.

Thanks!
Frank Barnett

I used the Vans full size paper templates for my 0-360 and also copied Dan Eggleston's enclosed plenum set-up for my engine. The end result came out great !

RB

NX115RX

Thanks!!

I traced a set I had from years ago for my O320. If you don’t get anywhere with Vans, let me know and I’ll send them to you.
Cubes

I am building my baffles from the drawings in the Tony Bingelis Book "On Engines". Your probably aware of the book. He has a drawing on page 71 that shows the baffles on a 1" grid pattern. I haven't built them yet but have made the paper templates and think they should work. You could probably get the book on eBay for $20. I tried to upload a photo of the drawing to this reply but am having issues. Get me your email and I can send you the photo. Tom

Mine is cubes@cox.net. I have his books. I’ll look tomorrow.
Cubes

The full size Vans paper templates I used had the location for the baffle attach points on the templates and the locations were SPOT ON ! BADA BING, BADA BOOM !

RB

NX115RX

I think a person could make those drawings work. As an aside, I did not install the panel across the front. It doesn’t seem to matter.
Cubes

Sealing the front of the engine made a huge difference in my O-360 installation.

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Bob Highley
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SN 835
KLAL

Thanks for everybody input. Tom Durkee (Van's Support) sent me Full-scale O-320 PDF drawings. I am heading to Office Depot to get them printed. I'll post how these work out.

I really appreciate the help!!!

Frank