OK, once I started on this puppy, I made a conscious decision to try and keep it as neat on the outside as I could. No rod extensions outside, a full cowl except for engine head and exhaust. According to J-tec and tailskid, it should be doable. Per my previous post and pics, I am working on the install of the throttle servo, and manual choke mechanism. Well after quite few hours at the bench yesterday and today, I can report success. There was more grinding and drilling than in my Dentist's office, but, I have the throttle connected, and the manual mechanism for the choke in place. The only outside item will be the manual choke, which I chose to have exit on fuselage right. I am comfortable with that and it works great....full open and full closed without running into anything....that's where the grinding and drilling came from. I will have to remove everything one more time...(well I know it will probably be more...) to add thinned epoxy to the firewall, add CA to some of the screw holes I made, but after removing the engine at least 4-6 times today for the choke, I am pretty sure it will not be that many.
Without further descriptions, here are the pics...2 from inside the firewall, 2 from outside (showing choke fully open and fully closed) and 1 showing the choke lever exit. I haven't cleaned up the choke lever yet, just haven't decided what I want to do on it.