I'm not an HVAC guy or a fireman, so I guess I don't know anything about motors either, and apparently I'm not a meteorologist either. :party-smiley-004:

You bet we have busted Budman's chops, and it was all in friendly fun. FRIENDLY. You should try it some time. Also, the same guys have went out of their way to help him out with his build.

Overnight engine builder? Icdedppl is all of a sudden a resident expert?

Do you read your own posts? You have had a few conversations with Rinda, Madara, and Haxby, and although your engine hasnt been started, you've done a ton of recommending, and made it a point to discredit many members choice of parts, oils, and general setups.

You've recommended scorpion rockers, callies compstar parts, schumann oil pumps, Holley's EFI, edelbrocks pro flo intake, certain oils and viscosities, and that using a rectangle intake on an oval works just fine. While all that may be true, its coming from a guy, who's engine is merely a prototype at this point. You are not impressing anyone with your 496 oval port headed build, or the rectangle/oval thing. That stuff has been going on since the 60's.

When Madera, rinda, haxby speak, I listen. Hence why I asked about the rod bolts and main cap setup on icedppl's engine. Those guys do know their stuff hands down. However, I do not take words from their mouth, and pretend to make them my own.

Somehow, every single thread you are involved in, you find a way to argue with someone, that you feel disagrees with you. Now you're gonna throw a dig because we live in a cold climate and you live in arizona? Well, that may be true, but we still have logged a hell of alot more hours on the water in the past two seasons. While you been repairing a rotted transom in your boat and working on perfecting your dream 600HP engine, some of us been actually running our engines. You have REPEATEDLY attempted to make personal slams, at some of us because of our avatars. A couple of guys having fun with some titts and azz, and you try to make it personal, by saying we post pics up of women we could never get in real life. Don't flatter yourself PAL.

Since day 1 here on oso you've managed to get in more arguments with people, than you have helped or participated. The same guy a year ago was pm'ing me asking how to attach the factory windage tray, using standard main cap bolts (something my 11 year old nephew could figure out by looking at it), But now you're all over the forums spouting out metallurgy, oil shear, fatigue specs on aluminum vs steel, which is the best brand crank and rods to run, and correcting everyone who doesnt agree with you. And Budmans the overnight engine builder?

I'm in Kentucky, so can't really comment on the ones in Ohio or Maryland, but I suspect that it's universal. Things sure get interesting around here during the winter, don't they?

Hey easy on the firemen! Bob teague used to be also from what hear lol

If only us lowly part time boaters could get some of them hot chics, it would make up for our lack of engine and oil knowledge ;)

So was Mike Tkach. All you fireman engine builders....I can't keep up anymore. :picard1:

I've seen your wife. You're doing just fine!!!

If things don't work out with her, you can always hit up Hooters for a few wings and a new lady. Almost as good " bang for the buck " as those compstar rods.

If the engineers in this industry know what they are talking about then why in the world are there so many part figment issues. Sometimes you have to re-engineer everything to get the stuff to fit right and work. Not really referring to Callie's although I did have almost a grand in heavy metal balancing there crank and rods.

Firemen always seem to be bragging about their hoses. ;)

I would venture that there are a few of us on these forums who have, ahem, "outkicked our coverage" in regards to spouses and significant others. I know I have.

Let's take this thread back full circle and start bragging about who has the best pump again. :D

A different kind of engineer, but I work with ones who specialized in highway construction/infrastructure. Some of these guys, couldnt operate a weed wacker without hurting themselves. Or ever laid a yard of concretein their life. But they will come out to the job sites with their clipboard and white hard hat, attempting to discredit the tradesmen's choice of attack. Maybe before they do, they should realize their safety vest is inside out.