Hi Pat, I havent decided what I'm going to do as for horsepower yet, but I'm definitely upgrading to dual mayfair with the full hyd helm. Probably throw a 4 blade on too. Hows your motor coming?

Hey ZZ,
What you got up your sleeve? Sure your going to have enough bow lift raising your X?

Condor24,
The mount is 25-3/4" wide so if you use 3" angles it should work. The angles I have are 2" or 2-1/2" so $80 for just the mount. No rush Bob, it can sit around.

Hey Sean,
Full hydraulic is a great upgrade!
As for my engine; I have it torn down and hope to have it back together in a couple of weeks.

Hey Condor24,
I was thinking about your possible engine issue (502mag vs. HP500).
If you pull a valve cover and see standard Gen V/Gen VI non adjustable rockers and shoulder bolts, you don't have the Crane cam.
To convert a 502 mag. to use the Crane cam requires new everything. Lifters, Push rods, Valve Springs, and an adjustable set of Rockers & Studs... Including the cam, that is some $1200 in parts. Also, I believe that an HP500 uses Crane gold roller rockers.
I hope you have the Crane stuff.:confused:

Hey ZZ,
Got your PM, can't tell if you got mine...
Sounds like you have quite a project in the works.;)

Despite a slight dusting of snow last night, I think I should be splashing within a week. This weekend doesn't look that great but I am off Wed. & Thurs. of next week. They're calling for 67 on thurs. :D

hey pat,i pulled a valve cover and there are silver aluminum roller rockers (adj) with stud guides stamped hi perf. on them, was a good sign i guess:confused: there is definately a roller cam in here, now the question remains which one? hopefully i'll get that answered soon. thanks for the suggestion. bob

Go Ahead Dave, Rub it in :p
My engine is in pieces and my boat has like 6" of snow on it.:eek:

Hey Bob, The fact that you have an adjustable valve train is a vary good sign.:)
I doubt someone would go through the effort if the cam was not changed. :eureka:

Hey Condor,get a flashlight and look in the holes where the pushrods go,the big ones in almost the center,look down in the valley and if you see flat pieces of steel going across lifter to lifter,you got a roller!! Unless if there is something i dont know about,which is possible!! Oh yeah,ZZ will have plenty of bow lift,he's putting weight in the back!!! Tripps

YES TRIPPS THERE IS GOOD WEIGHT AND BAD WEIGHT .THE GOOD WEIGHT GOES IN THE BACK AND IF I DONT GET OUT OF THE OFFICE MORE AND EXERCISE THE BAD WEIGHT WILL BE IN THE FRONT. :o

Well my engine is stripped down to the short-block.