Jsut got to thinking, what about some GM Vortechs. SOme are cranking some pretty fair HP and then a whipple.

Rob, I know we have been down this road before. Why not a pair of 525's ????

OK here is the main reason... It would look like a fountain without the snout sitting that low in the wter! LOL!

But it sure would be ................FASTER !!!!!!

DAMITT LOL

Coen assured me that the staggered SB set up would still leave enough room for the rear passangers. With BB the rear seat would be gone which is not gonna fly with the wife or me for that matter. We are already talking about 500hp small blocks so why would I want to spend more money on a motor that weighs more, uses more gas, and puts out the same power? Next week we are gonna toss around all the ideas and see what sticks. Like Pat linked, a LS7 would be sick if we can marinize one without spending the GDP of a small country. As for the whipple vs. other SC's a big factor is going to be how much room we have under the hatch. With the intercooler, manifold, and whipple they get kinda tall and huge ass scoops or a tall deck aren't gonna look the best so I'm kinda playing the wait and see game. Seriously though, 500hp x 2 is a hell of a lot in a liteweight 30' hull. Whipples or anything else might be over kill... Coen said it best, "How fast you wanna go?" Me personally 100 is good for now

Using Decktop Dyno I built some 500 hp sbc's. They are 383's with a bore of- 4.030 and stroke-3.750. The heads are-wedge fully ported large valves the intake valve is 2.035in. and exaust is -1.650. Compression Ratio-9.50 to 1. Combustion space-92.22cc. Induction flow-1000cfm. Manifold type-forced induction-blower-weiand177-exaust system-forced industion exaust-cam. specs.-lobe center-108.0-valve overlap-62.0-int duration-278.0-exh duration-278.0-cam. type-high perf. street-lifter-hyd.-int lift @ valve-.468in.-Exh lift @ valve-.445in.
500H.P at 5500 RPM's 522 at 600 RPMS. 500 ft lbs of tourque@ 4500 Rps's. The ultimate Y2K motor's.

That there will GET R DONE!!!!

Rob, the 377/377's were sold. He did say they were AWESOME little blue's !!!!

HB- I have been watching this thread and your going to have one of the coolest boats out there IMO!