I've bought a built but unflown JHH F-86 that has a new Turbax/OS 46vx in it and I'd like to install a Bob Violett mixture control. The problem is, there's no good place on top of the fan unit to mount it as the canopy blocks that area. The next convenient place is right in front of the fan. Since there's no inlet ducting going all the way to the fan lip I've got plenty of room to secure the mixture here, but that'll give me about 10 to 12 inches of fuel line between this and the engine. I'm using large size tubing but that's still a long distance.
Does anybody have experience with operating a mixture control this far from the engine? Will it cause a problem for me?