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Old 01-16-2016, 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Black Baja
He probably had the comp cam laying around already spent your money on something else and you get what you get...
I don't know. He had probably 50 marine motors there. I am sure many of them were letting him pic the cam. He could have stuck it in one of them. He claims the cam makes 510hp naturally aspirated on the dyno and will make over 600 with my blower. Desktop dyno says 566hp. Desktop dyno showed 594 with the 134561 cam I wanted.
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Old 01-16-2016, 07:14 PM
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Originally Posted by 79formula
He then hands me a comp 11-314-4 cam card. I said this is not the cam I speced. He says ya get what I give ya.
that is the part I would have a problem with. I restore cars and I make recommendations but at the end of the day if the customer wants it painted pink and purple with lime green polka dots and the engine put in upside down and backwards that is what he gets. in my book the guy paying the bill gets what he wants not what I want to give him.
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Don't use him again
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Old 01-16-2016, 07:44 PM
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i sure hope this engine is going in a boat with dry exhaust!
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Old 01-16-2016, 07:59 PM
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This would really piss me off. When that thing is on the dyno it better clear 600 hp or you should be getting it built the way you asked
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Old 01-16-2016, 08:32 PM
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Optimist: The guys knows what he is doing and you'll be better off with his recommendations.
Pessimist: Builder says 600 HP and it's tested on his dyno, it'll make 600 HP. Will it be the same 600 HP on another dyno? Do correction factors work like that? Will it be run with your exhaust, and fully dressed?


I'm not trying to throw gas on the fire - I know where you're at mentally now and it's frustrating to say the least.
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I have EMI Thunder exhaust with taller risers. The water mixes in about 5 inches before the transom. Do you think I will suffer from reversion?

Originally Posted by mike tkach
i sure hope this engine is going in a boat with dry exhaust!

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Old 01-16-2016, 08:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Ballistic Beak
Optimist: The guys knows what he is doing and you'll be better off with his recommendations.
Pessimist: Builder says 600 HP and it's tested on his dyno, it'll make 600 HP. Will it be the same 600 HP on another dyno? Do correction factors work like that? Will it be run with your exhaust, and fully dressed?


I'm not trying to throw gas on the fire - I know where you're at mentally now and it's frustrating to say the least.
My IRS audit was less painful than this motor build.
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Originally Posted by 79formula
My IRS audit was less painful than this motor build.
That's a good one!
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I could strangle this guy right now!
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