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Forum: General Boating Discussion
08-03-2005, 08:38 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 781
Posted By alter ego

more great motor sounds

Hey guys, I saw the Formula one motor video and I thought we could check out some Moto GP sounds too. I know its not a big block or even a V8 but this is the ferarri of motorcycles. We know how...
Forum: General Q & A
08-03-2005, 07:33 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,473
Posted By alter ego

Re: Engine Flush

Hey Fund Razor, how's it going? My boat hasn't broken quite enough this year so something was bound to happen..... I'll get set up today if I get away from work. I hate not being able to get the salt...
Forum: General Q & A
08-02-2005, 09:22 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,473
Posted By alter ego

Exclamation Engine Flush

I just took my closed cooling system off of a 502mpi. It broke at the thermostat housing and started leaking everywhere. It wasn't a mercruiser part and the company that I purchased it from last year...
Forum: Prop Talk
06-13-2005, 07:43 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,585
Posted By alter ego

Re: can't go faster than 60.4

I just switched to my Ballistic prop this weekend. I also picked up a bad batch of fuel with some water in it..... Always something. I ran most of the tank out. 3 water seperators later. Last night...
Forum: Prop Talk
06-10-2005, 04:58 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 5,175
Posted By alter ego

Re: Formula 357...26% slip with mirage 23's

I have a similar problem with my boat.... My thread is in here too. I have a shallow drive and I'm going to try a 4 blade prop so I can get a little more blade area. I think you might want to try 4...
Forum: Prop Talk
06-10-2005, 04:39 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,585
Posted By alter ego

Re: can't go faster than 60.4

This is the listing as far as the reciept of parts goes...
-rebuild 502 Mercruiser
-Bore and hone with torque plate 509ci
-port and polish heads and flow test
-balance crankshaft
-Magnaflux...
Forum: Prop Talk
06-09-2005, 04:47 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,585
Posted By alter ego

Re: can't go faster than 60.4

I am the second owner too...I am learning the boat as I go. I know that boat should go faster than it does with that motor. I am getting ready to swap a Ballistic onto the boat to do some...
Forum: Prop Talk
06-07-2005, 08:39 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,585
Posted By alter ego

Re: can't go faster than 60.4

Thanks Brett.... I don't know the X dimension on my boat but I could try to measure the distance the prop is below the boat from the dock tomorrow. I think my mirage plus has been worked too much.......
Forum: Prop Talk
06-06-2005, 07:59 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,585
Posted By alter ego

Re: can't go faster than 60.4

I'd like to get the boat in the mid 60's for top end and still have the ability to cruise in the low 40's. Part of the problem is that I know it should go faster than it does. I've spoken with other...
Forum: Prop Talk
06-04-2005, 08:52 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,585
Posted By alter ego

Re: can't go faster than 60.4

Definitely something not right there... now its becoming an obsession trying to figure it out. Its hard to test too because the conditions change so rapidly... Heres the numbers I was given after I...
Forum: Prop Talk
06-03-2005, 05:02 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,585
Posted By alter ego

can't go faster than 60.4

How common is this question??? These things are never fast enough... I have a 1994 stryker equalizer with a 502 mpi. I have build sheets from Dingler racing engines and a dyno sheet showing 603 hp...
Forum: General Q & A
12-13-2004, 08:42 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 3,241
Posted By alter ego

Re: overheating

I opened that padded bag and it exploded with padding. It was pretty funny actually. The post office is even slower when you move just before the holidays.
Forum: General Q & A
12-13-2004, 08:38 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 5,065
Posted By alter ego

Re: Merc 502 spitting oil

That disk with the timing marks is the balancer. It sounds like the oil is seeping through just enough to be an annoyance. I would monitor it if you are still running the boat and if you are not...
Forum: General Q & A
12-13-2004, 08:07 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,841
Posted By alter ego

Lightbulb Re: 500 efi alternators??

Rob,

They look just like the alternator on my Corvette. The C4 Vettes alternator have the same look and one of my friends and I have plenty of experience changing those. Underhood temp kills them....
Forum: General Q & A
12-13-2004, 07:33 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 5,065
Posted By alter ego

Re: Merc 502 spitting oil

Thats not unusual for these motors. If nothing else was touched before this is most likely where its coming from. I have replaced a couple of vibration dampers with fluidamprs and noticed oil seeping...
Forum: General Q & A
12-13-2004, 07:19 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 3,241
Posted By alter ego

Re: overheating

Hey Fund Razor,

I just got those shirts Friday. I Just moved into a new place last week and they must have been lost in the mail for a little bit. Thanks for sending them, I like the shirts.The...
Forum: General Q & A
12-05-2004, 04:31 PM
Replies: 65
Views: 27,529
Posted By alter ego

Re: What's the best marine battery?

Douglas Marine deep cycle. I have them and they are dependable and affordable. The key to any battery is maintenance. Even "no maintenance" batteries need tlc. Try douglasbattery.com
Forum: General Q & A
11-25-2004, 06:55 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 4,492
Posted By alter ego

Re: 353 fas tech more speed

The procharger setup with reworked props and crouching below the windshield should do it......Just remember that its not a drag boat or you'll kill the outdrives. Or you could just buy a lighter,...
Forum: General Q & A
11-16-2004, 10:10 AM
Replies: 446
Views: 180,364
Posted By alter ego

Re: Hustler 500efi engine tear down & Build Up

Strip,

You might as well put the blowers on...You have the pistons and the work you do to the runners will just make them more efficient. That head gasket leak is surprising. No detonation, low...
Forum: General Q & A
11-16-2004, 09:27 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 7,030
Posted By alter ego

Re: steamy 502 exhaust

Great catch.....At least you still had water coming through. That could have been ugly. I had some blockage in the raw water pickups on the leg. My motor is on a closed cooling system but the exhaust...
Forum: General Q & A
11-12-2004, 07:32 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,384
Posted By alter ego

Re: Overheat at idle

My boat did the same thing last spring. The impeller pieces were blocking downstream. It would heat up whenever I got in no wake zones but as soon as I got out moving it was fine. The pickup on the...
Forum: General Q & A
11-11-2004, 01:55 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,197
Posted By alter ego

Re: x dimension??

Mike,

Thats the boat you were looking at last year.....I saw a pic of your new boat on the formula section. Great looking boat!!! I'm working with Darin at Houston Prop to get this combination...
Forum: General Q & A
11-11-2004, 11:39 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,197
Posted By alter ego

Re: x dimension??

Thanks....Well I can see what the prop height is then. I think my slip is way up. I have a 28 Stryker Equalizer with a 502 mpi. The motor is generating just over 600hp. The rpm for peak horse is...
Forum: General Q & A
11-11-2004, 08:48 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,197
Posted By alter ego

Re: x dimension??

I was way off.....I thought it had to do with the outdrive and the distance behind the boat and how deep it allows the prop to go in the water. I thought that was why people put short drives on or...
Forum: General Q & A
11-10-2004, 08:52 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,197
Posted By alter ego

Question x dimension??

I have read a few things about the x dimension on this forum but I don't know exactly what it means. I know it has to do with the relationship of the outdrive to the boat and there is some optimum...
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