I made progress today, but ran into a big problem with the Lightspeed Engineering Plasma II electronic ignition. It has two coils, one for cylinders #1 & #2, and one for cylinders #3 & #4. There is a phase check, which tells you which coil needs to be connected to which cylinders. But, when I do the phase check, I don’t get the spark across the coil output that I am supposed to get. I checked all the wiring with multimeter, and can’t find any glitches. I’ll call Klaus Savier at Lightspeed tomorrow to get his assistance.

I could do the first ground run on the magneto only, without using the electronic ignition. But I spent a lot of time trying to see why the phase check wouldn’t work, and I spent another long time getting the under-cylinder baffles pulled tight against the cylinder fins. I discovered an interference problem between the tab on the under cylinder baffle below #3 cylinder - it hit the screw on the outboard hose clamp on the oil return line. The hose clamp was oriented so the screw was on top - Van obviously assumed that the screw would be on the bottom. It was a royal PITA to get at that hose clamp, but I eventually managed to get it reoriented. Anyone with an IO-360-A series engine, and Van’s baffle kit, should make sure that the outboard hose clamp on the oil return line from cylinder #3 is oriented with the screw on the bottom.