Ahh...now I understand why you wanted the exhaust to exit at 9 o'clock, sure would have been nice. I've been looking at the boot cowl and the collector ring, and it looks as if the entire front of the boot cowl were removed and opened up to its widest point, the collector might fit. Only problem there is that you lose the hidden mounts for the cowl. You probably could go with the old/standard way of using wood blocks and screws through the cowl. It's something to think about. Thanks for posting the pics of your collector ring n6iap.

My pilots should be ready on Wednesday, I'll post some pics when I get'em.

FB