Engine construction
Textron Lycoming IO-360-L2A engine is direct drive , four cylinder , fuel injected, horizontally opposed , and air cooled . The cylinders, numbered from front to rear, are staggered to have individual throws on the crankshaft for each connecting rod. The right front cylinder is number 1 and cylinders on the right side of the engine are identified by odd numbers 1 and 3. The left front cylinder is number 2 and the cylinders on the left side are identified as 2 and 4. Cylinders – are of air-cooled construction with the two major parts, head and barrel, screwed and shrunk together. Heads are made from an aluminum alloy casting with a fully machined combustion chamber. Rocker shaft bearing supports are cast integral with the head along with housings to form the rocker boxes. Barrels have deep integral cooling fins and the inside of the barrels are ground and honed to a specified finish. Valve Operating Mechanism – C amshaft is located above and parallel to the crankshaft. ...