Part one of the DA-85 install. I've been getting asked a lot of questions about the DA-85. Here is what I have thus far. DA recommends not using standoffs for this motor. If you look at this picture I posted earlier of the motor, I've had some wood base mounts rings made to mount this motor. Since DA provided the template with the motor, it was pretty easy to do. With the eye balling I've done to this point, the carb will be off the firewall just a tad. I still
plan on cutting a hole in the firewall for the carb intake. There are other ways to achieve the correct mounting of this motor but this works for me, and looks nice as well.
I made a copy of the template DA provided and rechecked the measurements. As with the 100, draw a vertical and horizontal line on the “+”. Cut out the copied template and tape it to the firewall making sure your lines intersect the template. Mark and drill for ¼-20 bolts.
Ken