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Never heard of "thunder row alley" .. :drink:
Lets get picky now :drink:

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FunHome. Yes bought it on E-bay after getting my bid in 30 seconds late and his buyer couldn't follow through. He had the 540's but they had half an hour and one had dropped a valve and he wanted big $$$ so told him to keep 'em. Later I bought two 502/415's and ofcourse the NEXT day he calls and gets Real reasonable. The motors were originally built by Lukovick Racing Engines who do a lot of big time NHRA type stuff. I have no idea who built them for my previous owner but they were SCARY when we got into them. Rod bolts had LocTite on them when disassembled!!! Upon reassembly we found out why. Hand snugging rod bolts would stop crank solid from turning!!! Ended up having ALL 16 rods honed .002 to .0024 to get proper clearances and dropped valve was because cams were in at 67* instead of 107*. We did a little cleanup in the Merlin heads as they are pretty rough as cast and obvioulsy checked EVERTHING over real well after what we found. I'm in Wichita not too far from you.
When did the boys go to the big house? Their website was still a year ago. Were they the same ones that had Tempest Yachts since back when???
I am hoping to get it out for a spin in a few weeks but summer has been full of those "life gets in the way of the projects" deals. But I'm back after it now.
Thanks for any info and OfCourse for the compliments!!!
Don

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Nice boat ! WHat drives are on it ?
I would be carefull towing that big boat around with that LITTLE truck ! :D

A friend had a 41' tempest with cat diesels and arnesons .He loved it !

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The drives are TRS's but one reason I bought the boat was to try out some drives I'm going to build...... We'll see what happens there...
Little truck is a t*rd. Has a newer 366 crate motor and thinking a 502 Merc would do good if I found one reasonable even needing rebuilt.

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Tempest was owned by Dick Simon and Adam Edberg. That 38 hull is the 44 from the style line down, 26 degree bottom. That particular boat was the begining of the end for tempest. It was that boat that Dick Simon was driving with Adam and a rigger on board when they ran over a sea ray bowrider in haulover killing a woman and seriously injuring two others. That was the begining of the tempest/simon/edberg saga....

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DID WHAT? Was it an accident or drunkiness? What is the story on that?

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No just bad visiblity when the boat got up on plane.

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[QUOTE=abolfaz]Tempest was owned by Dick Simon and Adam Edberg. That 38 hull is the 44 from the style line down, 26 degree bottom. That particular boat was the begining of the end for tempest. It was that boat that Dick Simon was driving with Adam and a rigger on board when they ran over a sea ray bowrider in haulover killing a woman and seriously injuring two others. That was the begining of the tempest/simon/edberg saga....[/QUOTE Yes, a friend of mines father, who has since passed away, was the operator of that little SeaRay at the time. The woman was sitting in one of the rear engine side jump seats. Heard it was a very grizzly scene. As you said, others on the boat were injured as well. In those days, there were a few very dangerous & busy waterway intersections in the Sunny Isles/Shooters/Oleta River Intracoastal area. Ed

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I will look through my archives as I may have some Tempest sales brochures from that era.

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I have a 525 efi long block with a broken valve 195 hrs
If your interested let me know Steve 954-270-5999

I also have a good one with 201 hrs. I'm repowering my boat.