It was great to finally meet you guys. We did have a few laughs. Ya'll definitely have some issues:lolhit:

The engines are coming along. I stayed late on Saturday and powder coated the electronics brackets. We just started doing our own powder coating, so I was a little worried about how they would come out. However, they came out great. We did the bases in a shiny silver and the electronic plates in a flat black. I'll post some pics a little later.
Eddie

Ya know, three days of coming back to read this entire thread because of the "what's gonna happen next" factor...WOW. That's all I can say!

Good luck to all involved, I know it can be a loooong road to success, I hope you are real close this time!

Dave

Dave...how does that 353 run with the mods you have? I have a buddy that has a 353 w 502's and some minor mods. Just curious as to how one with a legit set up like yours runs...cuz his is pretty slow...lol.

And thank you for the kind words....I think. :lolhit:

Here are a few pics of the electronics plates. We start with a large piece of 1/2" aluminum plate. After rough cutting it, we finish it up on the mill. Same goes for the upper plate, except that it's 1/4" aluminum.

We then drill and tap all of the holes for mounting the electronics. In the past we would either polish or paint them, but now we have the ability to powder coat them. The base bracket is done in a highly reflective silver and the upper plate is done in satin black.

These are some shots of the base bracket templete and the bracket being rough cut, milled and sanded for powder coating.

Eddie

Here are a few pics of the electronics plate being made. The final pics are after it was powder coated with satin black.
Eddie

TRL, my motors are N/A low compression designed to run on pump gas, and truly a custom engine. I did all of the rigging myself, adding boxes and shorties. My engine builder is a close friend of mine and we have known each other for 25+ years, so when I decided to do this, his dyno was available to me for 30 days with the first engine to make the most out of what I had. We ended up getting around 650hp out of a 509 gen VI. After a long first summer learning several lessons , they have proven to be very reliable, efficient, and strong. This all started about 4 seasons ago and I am still trying some different combos on the drives, like spacers and props. I have been able to get the boat into the 90's and it seems to have no problem handling it. Who knows, superchargers some day and that elusive triple digits? Maybe!

Dave

Very nice...sounds like you got it dialed in.

Thanks, you will have yours there soon, keep the faith, and go get'em Eddie! Sounds like you are in good hands!

Dave

Eddie... we haven't talked in some time, but I figured since TRL was such a glutten for punishment you may be able to "hide" 50% of my upcoming rebuilds in his bill. Thanks in advance.

Just add yourself to the list....575cat...Triple300s....

Im glad all you A$$holes get a kick out of my misery...:lolhit:

Heyl...whats another 20-30k.....why not??

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