How did your plane balance with the side carb?

With the rear carb, it didn't require any additional weight to balance, but to get the carb through the firewall, I had do cut a HUGE hole in the front of the firewall.. very close to the size of the mounting hole pattern. Between the carb and its adjusting screws, it was sizeable. Also, I had to drill a couple of holes in the bottom of the firewall box to access the adjustment screws.

I also had to build a baffle "box" around the cylinder. My temps were getting over 250 consistently. Some of this, I'm sure, was just because the motor was new, some of it was because I went with a "CS" engine, but I think a lot of it is just because the fins on 3W motors aren't as tall as the DA... they don't cool as well. After I build the box to force air through the fins, the temps dropped below 200, so now I'm happy with it.