New Motors
 

Well they are coming along very nice.

I was down at Mark's shop yesterday morning to drop off some accessories and pick up the 500's and bring them back home and I took the following pictures of the long blocks and the Whipples.

They should be complete and ready for the dyno in about three weeks if all goes well.

Whipple Stage II polished

That is absolutely badazz!
Congrats on the plan and the progress.

Thanks I look forward to seeing you on Norman this season.

I'll try and follow you around in the no wake zones as that is the only place I will be able to keep up! Nice looking motors.

We have been out three times this year already. :evilb:

Doc,
Looks good do you know what head bolts your builder used as I am installing same heads and the ARP head bolts they sent seam to short with only about 5 threads showing below head surface with no gasket. Thanks Brian

Brian,

My original notes some the ARP 135-3712 High Performance series.

http://www.arp-bolts.com/Catalog/Cat...talog_0041.pdf

I'll confirm that for you.

Dock

I won't be running too hard on Norman. Got to make them last!

Look forward to seeing you out there.

I'm jealous as this is the first time in eight years we have not already been boating by now.

Where do you like to hang out at?

doc, does the whipples put out a lot of heat? and do they have there own oil reserve tanks? all looks great cant wait to see you run. have a greAT WEEK. KDAWG

Just curious of your specs?

Bad A$$ by F*cking cool!

LOL, that about sums it up

Very nice Dock. Are those going to fit under the hatch or are you having to add scoops?

We like running up to the Ale House and hanging out there as well as heading over to the Rudder. Also, like Cock Tail Cove (I think that is what it's called) where you are right against the Pointe Golf Coarse.

They will build up internal heat in the air charge which is why you need a GOOD intercooler and I selected the Stage II. Not any excessive ambient heat.

YES

I cannot wait either!


Thanks DAWG you to.

By my measurements JUST BARELY!

Yeah that is what it is called. I was introduced to the new NO RAFTING law there year before last but only got a warning.

That is Elliott Sadlers house on the left as you enter with the 38 Fountain on the lift.

We'll e looking for you come May if all goes well.

Copied from Whipple website:

Only 1” is needed in front of your engine and the SC is the same height as your factory stainless headers (Stages 3 require 1”), a perfect fit for almost all applications.

Nice. Didn't realize the whipples were that low. Will make for a great sleeper look.

What he said :D


Hope to see ya somewhere this year, you should be easy to spot now, nothing but a blurr and a wake.

Wait until you hear the screaming from under that hatch. My friends liken it to the gates of hell !!! It is very loud outside as you go by. It sounds almost like turbines.

No doubt people will be talking about it.:D:D:D

I like that description----a blur and a wake!!!!!! Well said. :D:D
Jay

I bet you'll get a lot of looks!!!
Jay

Thanks for the heads up on E. Saddlers house. Good to hear he is in the go fast family (and I guess Baja now too).

Only got a warrning for stopping along the highway by exit 30. Like the cocktail cove as the police seem to not bother you as much there (at least from my experience).

Congrats Mark!!!! They look good.
Was there a reason you went with black instead of a custom color or someother color to match the boat?

Good question.

We gave it a lot of thought and did consider other colors but we would have been limited to BLUE, RED, White and BLACK.

What you have to remember is that with the Merc BLUE motors they are actually painted BLACK just like I painted mine. It is the intake, valve covers and the pulleys on the front that are blue not the actual block and motor.

With that in mind I did not want a color to take away from the pretty polished Whipples, the polished valve covers that will be going on them and the polished headers and the BLUE pulleys on the front of the motor.

It does not look that good right now, but just wait for the finished product!:D

Thanks Mark, I can't wait to see'em

My engines are going to look identical to this Teague 900 except that I am using BLUE pulleys.

https://teaguecustommarine.c7.ixwebh...6mo0b8205ktd37

Holy h*ll!

Hey we riding to the islands this year buddy?:D

Dock,
The motors look good. I am in the same process as you. I am redoing the motors for the race boat. All new cranks and rods.

Thank you

This is a first for me and I am very pleased with Mark Boos and his team. They have made this very easy and are nice to work with.

I wish you the best of luck with your project. What are you shooting for on horsepower?

Dock,*I am hoping to keep them around 750hp. If we get more out of them cool. But not trying to get anymore. All the boat has to run is 94.9999

:D:D:D

I will be VERY happy if we see 94.899!

Reminds me of a local guy with a 353 Formula with 500's and Whipples that hit 99.9 GPS and never got triple digits!

Good luck

Nice looking motors dock, cant wait to see the results.

If that were my boat above, I would have found a nice flowing stream and got my 100mph!!:cool-smiley-027:

Yeah that would be cool if you it that speed. I have had it over a 100mph on the gps. With different props and the right conditions. But i detune it for racing.:D:D
Keep posting pics as you get them. I will look forward to checking them out.

HEY HEY HEY

The first motor finally hit the dyno today!:D

Mark broke it in and then did one pull and with only 3 PSI of boost it made 708 Horsepower at 5200 RPM.

He was impressed and with that number and said he could set them up at that to run on 87 octane fuel!

He called me and went on speaker phone and everyone here in the office heard him start it back up and do another 708 HP pull. It sounded strong.

I will know Monday when we get back what they will actually do. We are expecting 900+ HP and will set them up at 800 to run all the time.

Hopefully I will be heading down there week after next to bring them both back home.

I'll keep you posted.

probably a dumb ques, but how to do set them up to run on 87 octane? Is it a matter of having more displacement & less boost?

Very low BOOST. He just mentioned to me that it could be done, but I plan to run about 7 PSI of boost and run 93 octane to be safe.

With fuel prices the way they are I have the option of putting the large pulley on and dropping the boost if I desire.

Dropping the boost is a step in the wrong direction. You can't do that! :angry-smiley-038: