First gun

[Quinlan]

Very nice. I was checking it out in KW

[stecz20]

i love this stuff as well. keep it coming baby...

[95south]

awesome clean boat, we saw you in the keys at the dock this past Nov.

[Zero Patience]

Keep going "ole bud". It sounds great.

[First Gun]

Thanks for all the compliments.......now back to where we left off, after a clean up and trailer change it was back to firing these (0hr) motors up...well after checking oil level,pre-lubeing and finding out both motor's distributors were put in 180 degrees out, things looked like the gamble payed off that was short lived as when the first one fired off there was a distinct knocking sound in the oil pan area that grew as the rpms did shut that one down and on to the next one ,fired off with upper valve train noise..........see where this "needs a little work "idea is going.
Take note of the background in these pics....because this story is far from over and the beautiful lush tropical backdrop will be seen many times in the future.Special thanks to Kirk (Zero Patience) for providing the backdrop in these photos missed my rum ration this weekend ole bud!!

[First Gun]

Well with alot of help from friends the motors were removed and trucked back home.

[Buoy]

Bryce, I'm loving this, and you're little teases every other day or so are something to look forward to.
Almost reminds me of Dec. when I was 8 in Catholic school and opening up the window on the Advent calender. (I'm not sure how many will know what I'm talking about).

Keep the story coming!
And yes, post the story on the Magnum when you get to it. I love the old Mag's.

[Birdog]

Great Thread !

[CRT]

Nice Job! Always good to see hard work pay off. I am also a big fan of your choise of Colors, of course I may be biased. lol......

[speedfreak2030]

Good luck with your project, been there, when all said and done it feels great to fire the engines up for the first time. One note: I see that you are using a carb plate attachment to pull the engines. The plates are good to pull small blocks but a fully loaded big block is too much for the 3/8 fine bolts in an aluminum intake to hold. Over 20 yrs ago I used the same thing on a customers hot rod, pulled the engine, studs stripped out of the intake, engine fell and crushed his rad saddle and smashed to the floor. Cost me lots!

[stecz20]

it wouldnt hurt to mix a few shots in of the hotty....

[First Gun]

Well at least the guy was right about the engines having Merlin heads......port motor had a spun main bearing and cam was wiped out,starboard motor had cam issues as well

[First Gun]

it wouldnt hurt to mix a few shots in of the hotty....

I'll see what I can do

[First Gun]

engines were rebuildable but what would be the best option ....rebuild old 454s from 1986-87 or spend a little more money and go with new 502's??? we all have heard it by now "no replacement for displacement" seeing how these boats like horsepower,502's seemed like a good upgrade.

[First Gun]

After we got them in primer...a color was picked and the paint was flying!
meanwhile it was decided that it would be best to have a professional look at the drives as they to had a story,so they were taken to Randy Rehard's shop in Inglis,Fl. where he stripped them down checked them out,replaced a few things and put them back together and sent them back ready to go.
We wanted to breakup the blue some and yellow was chosen and added (hawk did it in the 90s) seemed like a good idea at the time

[clayinaustin]

Ha Ha! Except for the yellow, that lookes exactly like my engines. Is that a Holley 4160 750 cfm? I just rebuilt both of my carbs.

[jayboat]

Great thread, Bryce. Nice to see the history on such a cool boat.

You know I've got some shots of this bad boy...

but I'm holding back, for now.

[Zero Patience]

[speedfreak2030]

Make sure there is NO paint on the carb throttle shafts or on the accelerator pump diaphrams

[Buoy]

Make sure there is NO paint on the carb throttle shafts or on the accelerator pump diaphrams

Ditto.