Josh, she looks great man. Can't wait to hear how she runs!

Looks great Josh. Wish you a solid first run and enjoyable weekend to come.

See you soon,

Chris

I have to say this is a comment worthy thread on here! Talking boosted LS motors making some nice power. Some pics of a nice engine build....

Nice break from the "how fast is a 292", "what prop should i use", "feeler whats my boat worth" or crying over broken boats....

MDW this weekend, this boat going to float?

It would just move the power band down a bit where the 230/236 is quite a bit of duration. Are you dynoing it? If the peak horsepower is at higher rpms than you want to spin this is something you could do. What was your compression ratio again?

Unfortunately I won't be able to dyno before running this year, ran out of time. I will most likely pull it this fall to get her tuned in. Here is the estimated CR..

HAHA, thanks IDCE. The plan is to be on the water Friday evening! Took off work to do a full detail tomorrow. The boat races are in Cambridge, MD this weekend so I didn't want to miss it! The kids love the boat races.

Here's the update, she is back in her spot! Putting the outdrive on tonight and doing the first start/set timing/leak check before floating her. Being my first complete engine build, I am incredibly nervous since I have so much time and money invested. Plus the fact I removed a running engine to do this. HAH! Got some things to change and button up on Friday (Fuels Lines - Thanks TomZ, Res. bottle, misc. bolts) and hopefully hitting the water after a full thorough cleaning. I wish I could go wide open from the start but I will have to behave for a couple weekends. Apologies for the dark pictures, it was 10 PM last night.

I think you should be fine with that cam and that much compression, as I though you had closer to the stock 8.6:1. At close to 9.6:1 though, I think you should be running 91 or better octane. Good luck and have fun.

What are your thoughts on the initial timing? 8*?

I would set the total at 35 degrees or so. Let the initial fall wherever it does. On the dyno with a similar engine the engine made peak power at about 37 degrees but it was only 4 or 5 more than at 35 I think.