Originally Posted by Baja Rooster

It seems pretty tricky getting modern power out of 50 year old technology. Overhead cams ftw!

Originally Posted by mike tkach

tim,like i said earlier,after you read all of our thoughts forget what we say and go with the person taking charge now,i think you will be a happy camper if you do that.

Originally Posted by MILD THUNDER

One company, offering two dozen lobe designs, even though they all share the same .050 duration for the most part. And you can get them ground, on whatever LSA, ICL, and lifter wheel diameter, etc, that you choose. Out of those two dozen lobe families, which one will be the best for a Big Block Chevy, in a marine, pleasure , endurance engine. Once you decide on a lobe design, now you need to figure out what intake duration, what exhaust duration, what LSA, what lifter wheel you are using, and what ICL you want.

The hardest part of all of this "custom" engine stuff, is finding out what "custom" parts, have actually worked. Unless you copy an exact engine package from an engine you have known to work and go the distance, to a T, then the rest is an educated guess. How far are you willing to educate yourself, to make that guess, is the question. once you start playing with custom, and various sources and suppliers, at the end of the day, we are nothing but guinea pigs for their products and ideas.

Originally Posted by Baja Rooster

It seems pretty tricky getting modern power out of 50 year old technology. Overhead cams ftw!

Originally Posted by phragle

Exactly why I have said several times we need a thread with sound, proven engine recipes. a 650 ~700 hp 540 is not cutting edge rocket science, neither is a 500 hp 454. Im willing to bet there are many out there who would like to build a proven combo once and go boating instead of spending 3 years and a gazzilion dollars trying to figure out why your sh!t don't work,

Sure there are people who want to do it their way, want to try new things etc... but I bet there are people who just want their bot to run decent.


As for hyd vs solid and adjusting... Tim, our season is short, would you rather spend a couple of those weekends in the garage adjusting valves or would you rather run the risk of being 1.5 mph slower and be at the casino 2 extra weekends a season?

Originally Posted by Full Force

I average 50-60 hours a season if they do t break usually 80-100... All depends lol


I call bs........80-100 hours???????? Kelly's is only 5 minutes from the ramp. Do you know how many times you would have to make that trip to get 80hrs???

Originally Posted by Full Force

I average 50-60 hours a season if they do t break usually 80-100... All depends lol


I call bs........80-100 hours???????? Kelly's is only 5 minutes from the ramp. Do you know how many times you would have to make that trip to get 80hrs???