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dreamer 05-12-2004 10:01 PM

playboy's 500s getting rebuilt
 
motors are at gellner engineering for a total rebuild and blueprinting... and a little more hp of course

porting exhaust man
blueprint balance all rotating parts
bump compression a little w/ new pistons
msd ignition
ecu work

will be dynoed prior to splashing (june 8ish)
will post pics of the shop and progress next week

spitfire1 05-12-2004 10:02 PM

Gee...that was quick....how many hours did you have on them bad boys??? Seems like just yesterday that you took delivery of that boat???:eek:

dreamer 05-12-2004 10:08 PM

got it from parnell w/ 270 hrs then put on 75hrs on them
it had lost some compresion and speed

dreamer 05-12-2004 11:36 PM

whats normal hrs.on hp 500s?

GLH 05-13-2004 06:04 AM


Originally posted by dreamer
got it from parnell ....it had lost some compresion and speed
What a surprise!!! :D:D:D

Smitty 05-13-2004 07:41 AM

No cam upgrades ?????

Brad 05-13-2004 07:47 AM

How much HP are you expecting after the rebuild?

dreamer 05-13-2004 08:42 AM

thought about the cam but not going to radical but if dean has his way ill be adding brodix heads and a cam

i think 530hp but the dyno will tell

dreamer 05-13-2004 08:43 AM

keeping it simple for resale i think does that make anysense?

BLee 05-13-2004 09:02 AM


Originally posted by dreamer
got it from parnell w/ 270 hrs then put on 75hrs on them
it had lost some compresion and speed

Well we know those weren't easy hours! :D :D


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