Sailing sucks:lolhit:

YEP:party-smiley-004:

That's a nice way of cuttin' thru the :bsflag::drink:

:lolhit:

Do you know me?? :kiss: I break stuff. I can tell you the limits on quite a few parts at this point. This years lesson: nodular steel cranks and boost don't mix. :lolhit:

See! The forementioned "bedwetters" told you that blower motor was gonna break. Nodulars cranks and boost are not your friend! thats performance 101.....:kiss::drink:

Just messin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:evilb:

My nodular steel cranks have smoke more than a few fancy offshore perf boats :drink: You should see the look on thier faces when my old junk rolls past them in 3 footers north of 90mph... priceless :kiss:

You are a perfect example. If someone posted a thread asking about putting blowers on their 9.5:1 454's with cast cranks I doubt a single person would say "sure give it a try, as long as your tune up is good and you run good fuel why not" Instead you'd be told to sell your 454's and look for a pair of 502's or 525's, or just sell your boat and get something faster or, you'll have to change everything and start over, it's gonna blow up the first time out, your blower's too small, your carb's too big, the sky is falling, etc. etc..

There's lots of good guys who post there too. It just seems it's been overrun with guys waiting for their warranty to expire before they add any performance to their engines...

I don't really post much in the tech section, or on OSO these days. When I first joined OSO, I only posted in the tech section. First, work has bee really busy and I don't have time. second, I moved and this whole year was a transition.

And 3rd, more importantely, the tech section of OSO seems to be over run by builders. If I post a tech question I just want an answer or suggestion and be able to give a response. I don't want to be sold on something or convinced that the only solution to my problem is to drop $100K on PSI superchargers, a 1/2 million dollar boat and #6's with Herring propellers! :drink:

I guess I preferr the beer and chips stuff and boating on a budget, do-it-yourself sections of this and other sites. :party-smiley-004:

On my lake alone there are 2 blown 330HP 454s and 1 blown 300 hp 454mpi. These are cast motors with peanut port heads. These are just the ones I know of. Those guys would have been beat up if they came here for advise before the boost.

The 2 roots style 300 hp have been running for years, no problems. The mpi blew up this year from water starvation, that boat ran for almost 8 years at 4.5 psi.

If I end up with 496 mag HO's in my next boat they will be whippled, bolt on. I have had thoughts about sharing that on OSO.

This site does seem to have more bullies than the average, but it might have more "I'm asking but I already know the answer and you won't change my mind" posters as well.

I still like it :grinser010:

with only a hundred or so posts,i can be considered a newbie here...many years ago,my first engine job.....i was trying to hammer the wristpin out of the piston,cause i didn't know there was a circlip !!the years went by,and with not much help from others -in those days,harley mechanics doing performance work were working with a blanket over their head to hide their secrets-i became a well-known certified hd mechanic and for a while we had canada's fastest gas sportster,at [email protected]y,i don't work with a blankie over my head,and try to help everyons that asks for help....how smart were you when you first registered to oso?....being basics,im aware the same questions will be asked again and again...it will always be that way...i take pride in transmitting what i know,even if it means repeating the same things 50 times,and i appreciate when someone here takes time to answer my basic questions

PERFECT post.....:coolcowboy:

I totally agree, at one point I was "attempting" an upgrade and posted for some advice and was told I was doing it all wrong and needed to buy this and that etc.....I even got PM's with offers to sell me items I would need for a "proper" build.....:angry-smiley-038:

I weeded through various responses and finally got to my happy zone with help from a couple of stand-up members, not naming them but they know who they are...:coolcowboy:

Point being, this is a public forum and there are going to be a variety of members, some looking for free advice, some looking for the "magic fix" and others who don't have the $$$ or access to top notch builders etc...so they have to try things on their own. If you think the post is there looking for something you don't agree with, either post with an educated response, or don't post.

I agree with everything above particularly panther. I think if people that do this for a living would approach the tech section like it was thier own boat, not a customers a lot of the critical assessment of what others are doing would go away. A "for hire guy" needs to do things bullet proof. A shade tree guy not so much. So corners can be cut if the shade tree guy recognizes that fact and that he may not get an excellent result, maybe only mediocre. So the disconnect is just that. And it is this disconnect that makes this thread valid and defines why the tech section is much less than it was a decade ago. Back then we were all shade tree guys or guys just starting to make a living in the biz. There was a lot of common ground. I never felt like I could not ask a question for fear of what the responses might be of my poor thinking and judgement. That is why I ask all my tech questions on boat freaks. I never get any of that and it reminds me of OSO back when it was a bulletin board. Anyone remember those days?