Resto has began! 1988 Image / Ocean express 31 cat TONS OF PICS
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From: Charlotte Mi.
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Well it ran perfect for a few minutes, managed 78 mph @ 4800 rpm drives buried for safety as ive never driven a cat before. Small backfire, thought it was mean & lean maybe a piston failed. Upon further inspection found out there was a shattered valve seat in # 5 that went through 3 cylinders. I replaced 3 of the 4 heads & guess what! the one I didnt replace failed within 20 min. Today I ordered a new Dart head, a full set of pistons, rings, couple valves, head gaskets ect.... I feel I got lucky the cylinders look & feel perfect not a scratch nothing went back up into the chargers so Ill be back on the water in 10 days & just under $2,000. Still gonna take a little timing out & richen the secondary just a tad for piece of mine.
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Same here, had a blast! Always great meeting OSO members. Crazy you were in the room right by us. Ill post some pics & info when I get parts!!










