With the snorkel installed on the engine I noticed an interference between it and the end of the mixture linkage. It didn't appear to limit the forward travel of the mixture, but since it was making contact I needed to rework the snorkel to create an indentation for clearance. This involves cutting a hole at the location of the interference and laying up repair plies with an indentation.
After cutting the hole I used a couple of pieces of dense, small cell foam from the local home improvement store to create a mold for the layup. I shaped one piece to the contour of the inside of the snorkel at the hole and used another piece inside the snorkel to wedge the first one tight against the snorkel wall. I then used a dremel sanding drum and coarse sand paper to shape a bowl into the foam at the hole.
Next I applied some epoxy/micro to the foam surface to fill holes and neat epoxy on top of that to seal the foam. Once it dries, I'll apply two coats of wax and when they dry, I'll layup a few plies on top.
I’m also going to do a similar modification where the snorkel comes too close to the alternator bracket.
Tonight, I also started to cut and fit the two forward baffles that are located inboard of each of the inlets.
