Great job sounds nice

Thanks for all the compliments!

Been in water yet?.. how does it sound ?

We had her in the water Sat, tried Sunday but got towed back due to MSD burning up, and Monday after a new MSD and GM HEI unit set up as a spare to get us home when the MSD goes again were installed. The pipes weren't annoyingly loud but still had a tough sound. She even took the cabin cruiser wakes great. Managed to get 60.8 gps mph with a full fuel tank and 4 passengers. I'm sure there is a couple more mph in there when I learn to drive better though. All in all, we love the boat so far!

I have gps mine at 64mph with 3/4 tank and 2 people. i run 502 with a cam, bravo 1 with 23 pitch mirage plus

Im pretty sure mine is stock. There was no documentation on the motor other than a receipt when a marina installed a jasper 502. Maybe someone that knows more than me could chime in and let me know if the idle sounds like a stock cam or not. It does have a stock intake manifold but an edelbrock 750 cfm carb. Im not even sure if that carb is the ideal one for a 502. It is a bowtie block though, casting # 11051107.

Where did you get the new gasket materal to re-install the platform to seal it to the transom?

As weird as this seems, the new gasket that most resembles the old gasket was neoprene weatherstripping found at home depot.