picked up a couple intakes and valve covers today for CHEAP at the thompson speedway swap meet

Nick and I would be happy to help out if the timing is right (and you need someone to hand you wrenches or sweep the floor!!!)

Chris anything we can do for you invite is always open. I talked to james this moring seems the project should take off like a rocket soon

Hopefully make some headway this week, gotta clean and paint the bilge, fill and bleed trim pumps and hatch lift pumps and remove the cockpit interior

Jamie, now that you have a couple extra bucks, upgrade your OSO membership and post up some pics dude!

Haha yeah I'll get that done this week. How you making out with those kplanes?

Mike talked to the machine shop today, short blocks are in great shape getting rings and bearings and should be good to go!! but i was mistaken there 509's not 511's now gotta pick a cam and springs.
so who wants to buy a nice 27' rinker so i can put some 8-71's up top ??

Boat is broken right now Jamie and waiting for insurance adjuster to come see it, so I havent done anything with them. Waiting to see whats gonna happen with the boat....If you need them anytime soon, let me know.

That sucks! No rush bud hold off for now I'll be down tomorrow night we'll talk then

Engine are set to go, 509" h beam rods, steel cranks, with gm 088 rect port heads, crane 741 cams, 500hp intakes, crane rockers. Hoping they make at least 550hp. Should be on the dyno before Christmas .

Picked a couple parts motors yesterday, gonna rig one up temporarily to make a list of what hardware I need and to see what works and what doesn't. Should make some good progress this week!

Mock up motor is in on port side just have to rig it now and see what I'm missing or want to change

Couple pics from the last few nights more working today.

couple more pics

Mike, you get a hair cut????????/:lolhit:

Yea......

Wtf!? All that work and all you notice is *******s haircut??? Lol

I can't believe all the room you have in front of your engines, that is one of the nice things about having no trannies!

Looking good though! :drink:

He has trannys

72c sitting behind that engine. Speed master setup is 3" closer to the transom than a trs boat.

WOW!! You still almost have room for another row of seats! :evilb:

I can't even stand in front of my engines when their in!

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i4...b/5fb969b6.png

Yet another reason to step up to the number "1" lol

I could use a third row of seats!! Maybe my next boat :drink:

I've got a nice rinker with three rows of seats for sale cheap.....

But it ain't a "1"

I have drivelines in my Mistress, and there is still room to walk in front of the engines on the tanktop flat. My blower pulleys are still a few inches behind the flat/lower bulkhead even though I mounted the new engines about 6" forward from the stock SSM plugin position.

Any pics?

LOTS of room in an Excalibur Hawk with Bravo base drives too!...You can have lunch in there!

I think I need to borrow those while your down........

Hey! We could...barter!? :hitit: :lolhit:

I just happen to notice you have what looks like two power steering pumps, any reason or just for redundancy?

Nice engines btw!

Haha I know where this is headed!

Hydraulic steering is tough if you happen to lose a motor with PS. If you build it with breaking in mind it wont break... right?

Yup know it well! When I was working the kinks out last year I was having coil problems and limped home several times! I think every time I had to limp it was the PS engine that had quit. It is hard but not un drivable! Kinda like driving a non PS car!!

I wish I could take credit for those engines, but TxHawk is the man behind the beauty. I just do my best to keep them clean! Thanks though!

Did I see the mistress for sale in the swap shop?

Is this thread dead? :party-smiley-004:

yeah it's for sale got a good deal on that fancy engine compartment lol

You change boats like people change their underwear! :evilb::drink:

Yep lol, 6 this year, but I've gone from a 23' stingray to a 40' Excalibur without spending more than 8,000 out of pocket

My girlfriend would kill me!!