496 upgrades
 

Yes the news is out! Our new aluminum Hipo heads are here soon. They will be introduced at the Miami show in February. Finally 600hp efi 496 is closer to reality. I'll keep you posted.
Rapid Ray

Ray, for those of us who don't know, who are you?

More explanation please :confused:

:D Sorry about the lack of intro. Name is Ray From San Diego, Ca. (The part that didn't burn down!) Our Company is Raylar Engine Development.. Been racin and renchin on race boats since 1969. Our newest product is an all new design aluminum cylinder head for the 496 or 8.1 engine. Will make this engine a "real deal". Forget the 525 HP3, its a GM smoke and mirrors. We are premiering the head at the Miami show next month. Will have a new intake manifold in April and stroker crank and Mahle pistons in May.
Hope to meet more of you here and in Miami
Thanks for the replies
Raylar!

Hey, welcome, now contribute to the site please.

Raylar,
Will you provide a phone number, I would like to discuss these heads with you for upgrading the engine.

Rick

Rick...I can see the wheels spinning already :p Ditch the 496s and get a couple of Chief blower motors :eek:

Rick:
Thanks for the post reminder. Were so busy with this new item and I have CRS disease!
Phone # (619) 994-8274
Keep the Hammer down!
Raylar

Ray,
It was a pleasure to talk with you on your efforts with this new package. I appreciate your time and the history lesson on this engine.

Everyone, keep an eye for release of this package. It sounds like Ray is doing the right thing with this project, he is doing real design work up front. Nice to hear.

Keep us posted as results and progress is made.
Rick

p.s. price this right and you will have a real all around winner.

Ray,
Thanks for the info you provided in our phone conversation. I too enjoyed the history lesson on the 496. It sounds like your 2 years of hard work will soon produce a nice assortment of upgrade possibilities for us to consider. I look forward to your web site to be up and running so that I can follow the release of these new products.

Keep up the good work.
Mark

Ray,

Your still going to run into a problem of not getting the "Mercury Marine" engines to run properly with those type of mods. The MEFI4 is not a viable option for all, many have smart craft gauges, etc. not to mention most don't want to spend the extra cash.

If you want to send me a set, were testing 3 packages right now with the Mercury 496. 2 are NA and one is supercharged. If you have one "test" set, please contact me and we will run them and develop a cal.

Thanks,
Dustin

Sounds like a great idea Ray.

Dustin:
Thanks for the reply. Our first two pairs are on our two dyno mule motors as we speak for dyno evaluations, but as soon as we get ahead one set I will get a pair off to you for your dyno and calibration. I am pretty sure the Delphi unit can be recalibrated for the addtional fuel and reduced spark timing. Tom at Flagship has been reprograming and Arizona speed and marine dynoed their reworked 515 inch 8.1 motor already at 600HP plus. Hope you can come up with a program change. These new heads and our new cam profiles under your charger should make for some fast 496's Raylar:D