Pulled the engine (it's for sale) and installed the new gauges and steering wheel.

Fired the new engine and broke it in. Next is the dyno; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pykm...e_gdata_player

Looking good, doing a great restoration job !

Thanks Phil!

Another:
http://youtu.be/9RlLV8QBbCk

Last one;
http://youtu.be/8wmzeF9r5tc

Sold the stock engine last weekend.

New engine is at the shop, ready for the dyno!

Sounds good Frank

Thanks Johh. I'm looking forward to seeing what kind of numbers it's going to make. Curiosity lingers!

Nice lope to it. What cam did you use?

It's a custom cam. Bullet Cams (CHS284/292HR112+4), DUR @ .050 230/238, .530/.530, LSA 112, INT C/L 108

Dyno'ed yesterday. The engine made 429hp and 416ft. lbs. tq. fully dressed with accessories and wet Stainless Marine exhaust.

Damm Frank nice #'s what are the specs on that engine?

Yo Ike!

It's a 355" SBC, 10.2:1 compression. SRP forged pistons, Eagle H-beam rods, GM forged crank, Edelbrock E-tec 220 heads and a hydraulic roller cam listed above with mercruiser MEFI fuel injection.

Pretty sure he meant dammmmmmn trent!

Took the boat out Saturday and Sunday. Still have to finish the hatch though.

Glasswork on the underside of the hatch complete. Time to turn the attention to finishing the topside.
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/w...ps5ydblwrt.jpg

Lookin good!

Thanks! It's been a long 1 yr road. Happy it's almost over but at the same time sorta burnt out on it and want to go boating instead of turning wrenches.

Yeah, I hear ya. We all want a project until we are knee deep in it...

I hear that!!!

It also helped that the last two project boats I completed were without having kids!!

Hatch is done! I'll reinstall the hardware and put it back on the boat tomorrow.

Man thats so true and its the really hard part...Your almost there and its so tempting to slack up, start cheeseballing and cut corners just to get it it finished.

First speed test was 73mph which is a 10mph gain.

Great job man!
Those are definitely iconic boats.

Thanks. The results so far have definitely made the work rewarding.

Still a few props to test. ;-)

Very cool

Some video with the new engine.
http://youtu.be/TO4_uuVpXL8

New fly by video.
http://youtu.be/xrwGNg3Ze58

Looking awesome man. All you have to do now is sell me that SS drive for my Powerplay and do the Bravo conversion. Then you can go back to never thinking twice about throwing the hammer down! :-)

Came out saaweet. Nice vid!

Or sell the boat with the SS on the back now that it's fully restored. lol

Sold the boat last year.

Still miss it a lot!

Welp, I bought the boat back two years later....

I guess I gotta finish the restoration at some point...

Will you make up your mind ........lol

Crazy how things work out sometimes! I should have never sold it! BUT, even though it needs tlc compared to when I sold it, the drive was upgraded to a Blackhawk.

Did he blow the SS drive?

Yes, he did. He had a panic manuever docking and hit the throttle and put the engine on the rev limiter...went to grab the stick and grabbed the shifter by mistake... :poopoo:

It's got a Blackhawk on it now... Can't wait to see what it does! Supposedly it runs 80mph now which would be a 7mph gain over what I had it up to with the SS drive. :evilb:

I also pulled the engine to do some injector maintenance. Compression checked it and leaked down good. Compression still had 195 psi, 2 years since I built it. :whistle:

Couple of pics... I pulled the engine to clean it and replace some injectors over the winter.
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