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Old 11-13-2007 | 07:45 PM
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I got a friend with a 42 Lightning with "tired" 575's trying to figure out what to do with them. He has never been thrilled with them and is at a crossroads whether to rebuild or replace. Any ideas?
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Old 11-13-2007 | 07:50 PM
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I'd rebuild but junk the blowers and get an 8-71 or Whipple!
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Old 11-13-2007 | 07:52 PM
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I agree with Panther.
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Old 11-13-2007 | 08:23 PM
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I'd suggest selling them to some poor unfortunate soul who currently has, oh I don't know, say 496's. And start fresh!

And yea, I'd be open to parting with my 496's.
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Old 11-13-2007 | 08:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Jupiter Sunsation
I got a friend with a 42 Lightning with "tired" 575's trying to figure out what to do with them. He has never been thrilled with them and is at a crossroads whether to rebuild or replace. Any ideas?
You can upgrade them to 700s with the majority of the parts.Even those blowers.
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Old 11-13-2007 | 08:28 PM
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I had mine rebuilt and loved the outcome. Bored them out to 509 blocks. Went with a hydraulic cam and Morel hydraulic lifters. Changed the fireing order. Reworked the heads. Went with MSD ignition. Arizona Speed reprogramed the ECM's. The Blower Shop rebuilt the blowers. They can make the blowers stronger but I wouldn't run them for much more than 200 hours before rebuilding, depending on how you drive it. I picked up 150 hp without intercoolers. I could have got more hp out of them with the intercoolers but wanted reliability.

If you look up 10X he can tell you more about them. He helped rebuild them.
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Old 11-13-2007 | 08:29 PM
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Originally Posted by JCPERF
You can upgrade them to 700s with the majority of the parts.Even those blowers.
can you go more into detail.....Have a buddy looking at a boat with merc 575's
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Old 11-13-2007 | 09:05 PM
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Originally Posted by tomtbone1993
can you go more into detail.....Have a buddy looking at a boat with merc 575's
Cam,head work, more boost for ex.
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Old 11-13-2007 | 09:14 PM
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Call Eddie Young @ 615 216 7449. He is in middle TN.
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Old 11-13-2007 | 09:44 PM
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What hours are on these 575's?
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