Originally Posted by mastercraft240

Guys I'm on my iPhone... That post above is barley literate-- my badd. Anyways I got the shirts today John. They look badasss! Great Job.

Originally Posted by Philm

Big John, always talkin chit....

When you putting in on Saturday?

Originally Posted by jdub

Cool....glad you like them. How close is the blue to the interior color? If you get a chance take a pic of one next to your seat. I'm just curious....

Originally Posted by mastercraft240

John, you're as color blind as damn dog. Completly different color than the boat interior. It's cool, I actually prefer the baby blue color.... doesnt attract as much sun! I'll take a pic for ya on Monday... Im in miami for the weekend. I'm living the tough life over here

Originally Posted by Philm

No, having them set at 18 was actually better for the life of the motor. The reason it blew was because 175# springs were used even though everything called for 225# springs with that amount of lift, solid lifters, duration, and ramp rates. It was a ticking time bomb until a valve floated and kissed a piston.

Dont even get me started about all the other stuff that was done wrong, some of it can be attributed to different engine building theories, but other things cannot. For example, the bolts for the Jesel belt drive were a tad too long, which was solved by doubling the gaskets under it, which then caused it to hit the back of the crossover, which was solved by putting three gaskets under that. Instead of just trimming the bolts, it was done half assed. Ring gaps set at 35-40 thousandths, and leaking down at 10-13% with 59 hours on it. The explanation given for the 6" breather extensions and STILL blowing a quart of oil out into the bilge every two hours? Crank windage.... For comparison, we are now running the exact same lower setup, pistons, crank, ect., but 22-23thousandths rig gaps, no breather extensions, and ZERO oil on the valve covers. Even though we upped the compression to just shy of 10:1. What happened to that windage you ask???? Same question I had.

See you got me started, and I am not even done.

Let's just say that I am very glad I didnt spend that kind of money getting it built only to have it last 59 hours, only to find out that it was from all signs a piss poor build job. To their credit, the bottom end clearances were spot on. With the setup in it now, We are pretty confident we will get a few hundred hours before refreshing the top end. A lot better than them telling me I should bring it up at 75 hours to do the top end. 75 HOURS!! A 1500 Sterling goes longer than that.

Originally Posted by mastercraft240

Philm,
Not starting trying to start a chit show either. I am interested though considering I have the same problem happening with less than 15 hours. It's not overrevving either because I put a 5600 rev limiter chip in.