RE: Help!!How to get this motor to fit Sig J3 Cub
Norm, I recessed the firewall in my 1/5 scale Sig in order to mount a .65 Saito. So the cowl would still have enough "coverage", I left the sides of the fuse normal, and just recessed the portion of the firewall the engine mount attached to. I had to 'sheet' across the top to hide the opening there, but it worked fine, since I had planned to use aluminum sheet to mimic the metal portion of the full scale Cub. If you decide to go with a sideways mounting, the method I used should still work: