Hi,

Thanks for the reply.

I followed the manual with regard to the engine bolts - that is I mounted some metal blind nuts (that came with the kit) at the back of the firewall on doubler strips and epoxied them in place and the mounts screw into the blind nuts. Is this ok, or should i try to remove the blind nuts and use bolts and nylocks instead?

Also, the manual suggest to punch and drill holes in the mounts now (before the firewall is mounted onto the fuse) - is it better to wait as you have suggested? I can always (assuming I can get to the back of the firewall) remove the mounts and punch and drill the mounts later, although this would be a little harder than doing them now.

Is it easier to just move the engine an arbritary 1cm forward and hope that no dead weight in the tail is required? As i understand, the kadet senior is generally tail heavy anyway - and I am adding a tailwheel back there too.