Today me and the big guy went down to have some fun. yanked the old mills out, and gettin ready for a bilge makeover and of course, new motors.
All i can say is there was some interesting stuff inside that bilge. Tube socks zip tied to the motors, and lots of foreign material in places they shouldnt be I think next time ryan and I tear motors apart and re-assemble at the dock, we should lay off the grey goose. or at least do it during the daytime when its light out. On the plus side, we found a few items we lost that night (or thought we did)
There will be some "Wild Boys Racing" updates done to it this winter too. Fresh coat of white benjamin moore bathroom paint for the bilge, Summit racing decals on the transom, 2" yellow ratchet "torque straps" that will run across both engines, to the outer stringers. We wanna make sure those motors dont pull the bolts right outta the stringers when he holeshots it. As for a new breather system, we are designing a system that will have fittings plumbed into the valve covers, that we will attach ankle socks to via a hose clamp. We think his k&n breathers are too restrictive, and make too much crankcase psi. Nice thing about the ankle socks is they are short, and at idle, they wont catch fire on the headers. The long tube socks are overkill we feel in this application anyhow.
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11-06-2010 07:05 PM
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11-06-2010 07:30 PM
Joe, tell me you're kiddin, right ??? Socks ??? Design a vacuum system ??? Straps over the engines to hold them in place ??? Pullin bolts out of the stringers ??? WOW, you guys sure got some work ahead of yas.
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11-06-2010 10:31 PM
That sounds boring. I like the first post better and would like to see how it would work. I think you might be on to something with this sock thing.
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11-07-2010 08:11 AM
You told me the sock was to filter the oil in the bilge before it got pumped back into the motor !!
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11-07-2010 08:48 AM
True, but that was with our duel wet sump recirculation system we were using.
if the 8-71's fall thru, we have a couple extra attwood bilge blowers we plan to ducttape to the carbs. Once we are on plane, flip a toggle switch, and bingo...we got forced induction. We are going to incorporate a resistor style heater fan switch from a chevy truck. This way we have, 4 different speeds for the blower, which we can control from the helm. Helps save the drives from full boost.
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11-07-2010 09:19 AM
Gotta better idea.
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11-07-2010 09:51 AM
With the toggle induction...you can truely be Miami Vice-like and say "Hit it, Zito." Then you definately take down that 50 Cary and get the drugs.
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11-07-2010 01:10 PM
Well as I see it you are going to need at least 1000 HP a side to move that boat to anything over 80 MPH...so stick with your MacGyver set up any you will be fine....LOL
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11-07-2010 02:45 PM
that was fast back then !!!
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11-07-2010 08:52 PMI thought the sock was so Ryan did not make a mess in his cabin after a long night of playing checkers at the yacht club and having to go back to his boat all by himself...LOL
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11-07-2010 08:57 PM
Ryan and I should race now! Get the paddles!
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11-07-2010 10:29 PM
I would not bring a black light down in his cabin....
As for checkers, we are thinking of building a permanant checker board table on T-dock, next to his slip. Nothing like a nice cig vs. Fountain race, then take it to the table. Loser in the boat race automatically loses two checkers.
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01-04-2011 05:34 PM
Update...Superchillers and Mooneyham blowers stocked. Next is getting going on engine builds..
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01-06-2011 08:53 AM
note: the first pic is takening in rhino's living room. Gotta love 2 sets of blowers for the
rooms focal point!
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01-09-2011 11:12 AMI thought that looked like a couch. haha Ryan you had better stay single or all the toys get to sleep in the barn.