Diamond does great work... Jay is more into drag motors..

19543478918 his name is Deder he's in Hollywood Fl he works on my blower motors ,outboards and he refreshs alot of outboards nice guy tell him Dave with the velocity sent you

If you can get John Vanderstel at Pro Marine in Palmetto Fl to do them, he is on of the best around.

Thanks for all the great referrals .. Contacted Shawn ,, STR so far .. Working up some numbers.. Then I will probably see what diamond looks like with prices and schedule..

Both Jim Ruck and John Vanderstel are excellent! It would be worth giving them a call.

Jim Ruck does not rebuild engines only block work. Many of the names here are very good builders. I use Bill Gohr in Lake Villa IL. Do not use those engines until you get them rebuilt. Your compression is really low and the nick blocks are expensive to fix if you stick one. Do not let anyone talk you into porting them (Diamond is famous for this) They are plenty fast stock. Pleasure boats do not like port work like the drag boats. Only problem is you picked the busiest time of the year to rebuild engines.