My first motor build - going in the boat this weekend.
 

Will be either a very rewarding weekend or a really ****ty one....

Does that go in the red car in the background?

wish you the best of luck ... looks awsom

Very nice! Good Luck

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Have fun with it brother !

First build ?

Might as well start now. You will not sleep tonight anyway. LOL.

Good luck. Hope all goes well.

Hope all goes well.

Good luck. How about some details on the build.

Should be interesting......

Needless to say, I'm nervous.....

All the best

3pointstar

I'm right around the corner in Dare...I'm working now but I'll be around this afternoon if you need a hand.

Best of luck!!

Thanks man! I should be good, but hopefully we can get introduced this summer at some point

I'm on my 100th plus motor. Still makes me nervous until weeks after its running to the point that the wife asks why I still do it. All I can say to you is, it is what it is. Good or bad just go from there. Good luck.

Was going to ask for an update, but you're probably on the water.
Fingers crossed for you. Good luck

Best of luck to you! I just drove 6 hours for drive service.

It won't be the last lol. Good luck hope it works out. After all it's not reall rocket science . But it is nearve racking. Did I forget something. Did I tighten that. Why are the controls reversed.....**** it's the props. Good luck

Nervous is a good thing. It keeps you on your toes and makes you triple check everything.

Best of luck!

Don't sweat it. Take you time and it will be fine. It's only parts. If they break, someone will make more.
Eddie

no dyno or run stand before installing it in the boat?

I got frustrated with the logistics of transporting back to the shop. I built a pallet to hold it, but then realized I'd have to undress it for it to work and just got frustrated - figured I could throw it in the boat easier than dealing with the transport.

Today was a waste though. Wife's tahoe broke down in Maryland so had to drive 3.5 hours to replace a starter.

No, it won't because if this is a success I am going to get straight into the other motor. If it's a failure I'm going to do the smart thing and go buy a 13 whaler and have just as much fun....

Fingers crossed man, fingers crossed!!!!

Success....

Had a couple gremlins to work out but got it running. Biggest pain in the ass was the Thunderbolt wasn't grounded on account of the fresh paint. Took most of a day to track down. I'm sure if you did this every day it would have taken 10 minutes, but I blew an entire day....

Had problems with it backfiring and not starting until I put a bunch of advance in it. I have the Thunderbolt IV with the 20 advance but I am wondering if I'll need to go to something with less advance so I can run more base timing. I'll start another thread in GA tech on point. Hopefully some of you guys can point me right.

I will say though it ran better and idled better than it EVER did before.....

Congrats! Great sense of accomplishment I'm sure!

Maybe just the video sound but it sounds lazy. Check timing , firing order, ignition wires making good contact on plugs and Dist cap..........
Like I said it might just be the sound
Congrats on a job well done

I think it is just the video. Sounded better and smoother than it did in the past 8 seasons. I do have some timing work to do as I mentioned. I think the v6 module makes sense as I'm researching....

i recently did a pair very similar to yours,the v6 module works good with the weiand 177.i don,t know what parts you used but they can make good power with some compression.btw,good job,it looks good.