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Old 05-12-2004 | 10:01 PM
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Default playboy's 500s getting rebuilt
motors are at gellner engineering for a total rebuild and blueprinting... and a little more hp of course

porting exhaust man
blueprint balance all rotating parts
bump compression a little w/ new pistons
msd ignition
ecu work

will be dynoed prior to splashing (june 8ish)
will post pics of the shop and progress next week
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Old 05-12-2004 | 10:02 PM
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Gee...that was quick....how many hours did you have on them bad boys??? Seems like just yesterday that you took delivery of that boat???
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Old 05-12-2004 | 10:08 PM
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got it from parnell w/ 270 hrs then put on 75hrs on them
it had lost some compresion and speed
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Old 05-12-2004 | 11:36 PM
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whats normal hrs.on hp 500s?
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Old 05-13-2004 | 06:04 AM
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got it from parnell ....it had lost some compresion and speed
What a surprise!!!
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Old 05-13-2004 | 07:41 AM
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No cam upgrades ?????
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Old 05-13-2004 | 07:47 AM
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How much HP are you expecting after the rebuild?
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Old 05-13-2004 | 08:42 AM
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thought about the cam but not going to radical but if dean has his way ill be adding brodix heads and a cam

i think 530hp but the dyno will tell
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Old 05-13-2004 | 08:43 AM
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keeping it simple for resale i think does that make anysense?
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Old 05-13-2004 | 09:02 AM
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Originally posted by dreamer
got it from parnell w/ 270 hrs then put on 75hrs on them
it had lost some compresion and speed
Well we know those weren't easy hours!
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