Loic Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 (edited) Hi guys, I am calling F4U1 experts here as I have trouble to find reliable intel on the air feed system of the corsair engine. People who have already had a look at the area behing the engine knows there are 2 big pipes on each side of the engine mount. One comes from the middle of the engine and goes on the top of an intercooler box. The other one comes from the top (carburator I think) and goes to the bottom of the bay/area to, I belive , the bottom of the intercooler... but that is my question indeed. My problem is that most intel I have/found comes from restored aircraft (and the rework is not quite in line with the original setup) or does not show the area or the intercooler and pipe are off or... well, I can not find any good intel. Some of the ref (drawings) I have show the "top" pipe connecting to the air intake in the leading edge of the wing... which I belive is wrong as, to my understanding, this intake brings fresh air to the intercooler to cool the actual engine air. Then, I think that the "middle" piping comes off the compressor, goes to the top of the intercooler and then, from the bottom of the intercooler to the top of the engine into the carburator... Can I please ask for confirmation on this and if you eventually have a pic of this area, that would be so great !! Many thanks guys Edited January 22, 2014 by Loic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill_S Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 An intercooler is used between a supercharger and carburetor intake, or between stages of a multi-stage supercharging system. I found this diagram for the Corsair... http://www.enginehistory.org/Installations/F4U.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loic Posted January 22, 2014 Author Share Posted January 22, 2014 Most interresting indeed! I can not thank you enough for this That prooves me wrong so it was really worth the question Now, that is the first time I see this "Y" shape manifold .... does it fit under the engine mount? Finaly, I also discovered the carburator fits below the blower.... Ta !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richdlc Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Loic - I have hundreds of photos from when I built my F4U-4 - I scratchbuilt the entire air feed system - if you want anything, let me know.. Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loic Posted January 23, 2014 Author Share Posted January 23, 2014 Hi Rich, may thanks. I have your build as reference as well as your corsair reference topic here at LSP This said if you have further intel, I will take every valuable info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richdlc Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 OK Loic - please let me have your email address by PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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