Florida Engine builder
 

I am looking at a boat that has two 496, 525hp motors that were built by Wheeler Motorsports of Jacksonville Florida. Does anyone know anything about Wheeler?

Thanks,

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I think I remember a catalog from them they did mostly stock stuff,Not 100%

Maybe Laz will chime in

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Yeap I found them :D

http://www.wheelerpowerproducts.com/index.htm

Maybe someone from that area may know them?

Rob :D

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Pete and his guys at Wheeler seem to be very good people. They do a fair amount of Drag Race stuff. He advertizes in National Dragster a bunch. They buy a fair amount of parts, and we don't ever have any issues with them.

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I am glad this Thread came up .. I am in Jacksonville and have been looking for a shop ... One question would be would it be ok to use a shop like this that does mostly Automobile motors or do you need to find a "marine" only shop ? m

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I would definately recommend using someone with marine experience. I let a (primarily) car company do my engines and it could not have gone worse. I kept blowing things up, losing oil pressure for no reason, etc etc. The motors came out and went back in 4 times in 1 summer. When I sent it to a real marine mechanic (JC Performance) he told me that the compression was set at 10.3, and should have been somewhere around 9.5 in a marine application. I would have had to use 103 octane, which was never mentioned by the origonal people. Marine engines, especially high performance marine engines, run in a much different environment than high performance automobile engines, and the person that does them needs to know what their doing. I would use a marine engine builder, just my .02

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Wheeler apparently does marine engines. Any have any Wheeler Engines? The boat I am looking at has 454s bored to 496, Canfield heads hyd lifters, 850 carbs and are dynoed at 525hp.

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I would ck out Laz .He is always coming up with new engines to impress us with . He has a very good reputation here and with the racers.Take a look and some of his threads on his engines . It would be worth a drive .

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/s...earchid=397724

Rob :drink:

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cept padraig is in NY ....

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And the boat I am looking at already has Wheeler engines. :D