Saw that also. That might need to be #1 priority before engine goes back in.
Brad, we're here to spend all of your money...

Rookie,

Been wondering....

It’s “power steering”. Has a pump and reservoir. Didn’t realize that was “cable” steering…..? Is that similar to “power assisted R&P” on a car?

Suggestions?

Thanks. Brad.

Pretty sure I found the issue with the bilge pump.

It ran. But it was very “sticky”, screamed like a banshee, and stunk like burnt electronics.

Replacement is on its way.

Thanks. Brad.

Guys,






The offending piston. Looks like it got kinda ugly in there.

Builder seems to think it got hot, butted the ring ends, ripped the ring land out, then used those bits to smash their way through the crown. But if it was just an overheat, why just the one piston?

Thanks. Brad.

Had the same 496 ho detonation only on one cylinder
no one could find why
changed piston and ran without problem for years
never understood why it happened neither why it lasted after...

Steve smith said that injector was ok?
Builder didn’t think that hole got hit because it went lean?

If your air distribution caused an on the edge lean mixture on that port/cyl...a low fuel pressure scenario may have pushed it over the edge.

Likely a few issues converged to cause the heat and swelling of the piston crown and break-off.

This is why you're re-building and designing the fuel system tank to cyl.

Liberator,

Yes. Smitty gave the injectors a clean bill of health. Ran them to death on his test cell, and they performed flawlessly.

We may or may not have gone lean (it certainly appears we did), but it wasn’t the injectors’ fault. If I had to blame it on a single cylinder lean-out, my guess is a sizable paint fleck from the CoolFuel module is to blame. But that’s strictly a guess.

Thanks. Brad.

Tartilla,

Builder even has a fix for the intake….



He opens up the underside, removes the dumbazz PCV valve, and cuts out what amounts to little more than an air dam, which significantly frees up airflow through the intake, and evens out distribution. We will then relocate a PCV valve and vent it properly to the intake side of the ProCharger. I’m making an extension collar, that will include a hose barb bung, for the intake breather/arrestor now.

Thanks. Brad.

Guys,


I relocated the shift plate to the transom; starboard side. Like I said, nothing ON the engine that doesn’t need to be.



I cleaned up the horrid glass job as best I could. It looks like they sealed off the wood well enough before completely clusterfarqinng the glass job, so that’s good. I gave up on cleaning up the overflow of epoxy/resin. I’m tired of cleaning up the dust. It’s under the PeoCharger. Nobody’s ever going to see it. I will glass it over properly in the morning. I never expected to be doing glass work during an engine rebuild, but here we are….

Thanks.