thinking of upgradeing my 496 ho's to the 500-550 hp range got quote for parts from raylar $7k range and tyler crockett $4k range anyone familiar with his engine kits ?

and was the raylar price with labor included?

I have receipts of the work that was done on the boat I am speaking of in the above post.

Parts - 3330.00
Labor - 4300.00

Keep in mind, this is without intake and CMI headers. Intakes are a horrible design on the 496s...

no raylar price was parts only $7k!! i have someone already to do labor work. so do u think with the parts from him the engine will be reliable??

Just do the Raylar 600 kits and be done with it. Building on the stock bottom end might work for a little while but will eventually fail.

I dont know how anyone can get (or claim on getting) over 500-530 horsepower with the stock intake. I ported mine and fooled with it and spent nearly $750 on each and it was still like putting lipstick on a pig. Plus, they look like dog$hit.

Tyler builds some amazing motors and does it for many of the race teams. I can personally vouch for his build quality.

i would sell your motor and buy a 540with 600hp or better . i redid my 454 put a lot of$$$ it was ok but only hit 70mph till i put a 540 now i am over 80mph i was going with a 572 which would have been better yet . i found the more cubes the better. good luck . i have a 540 with 718hp my builter did it in 3 weeks i was on the water

I don't know who you are but when I wrote the estamate for your freid here we were going to find some take off parts because he had a complete #@%^$ basket case of parts and his motors came to me in pieces from the last guy that worked on his boat that the one motor blew up on. I gave him a quote to rebuild both motors and make 400 to 420 HP and when I was done the motors made 512 HP. He told me he was going to have Sunsation put the motors back in the boat and I know Wayne and Joe and they don't work with this kind of project all in pieces so I said I would put it all together for him. After spending the last week digging thru my parts room and shed and everyware else finding all the little parts missing I have the boat all done just finishing the ex we will have it ready to test next week and I am inviting you to come up for the test ride because I like to meet people that talk **** about me that don't even know me or know the whole situation that when on with this project !!!!!!!!!!!

I built two motors with all those parts and dynoed and calibrated them for 7630.00 your a cheeze dick !!!!!!!!!!!!

Tyler builds an awsome motor. We will run 60 miles WOT airin it out and never have a problem. We have done this racing another boat he is on thinking if something happens we will not have a problem because he is right next to us. What we realize is we don't need him next to us because that motor is bullet proof. If he doesn't get back to you in a timely manor it is because there are a lot of people that like his work. Be patient!!! Revd Up Velocity copilot.