I spun a 21 pitch Mirage prop on my 23 Velocity with a mildly modified 330 Horse BBC in it and it did very well. I started with the 25 pitch Mirage Plus prop after a recommendation, and quickly found that the current combination doesn't have the guts to spin one of those bad boys. To be honest. at this point I'm not sure if it will ever have the guts to spin that prop so if anyone needs one I have practically a brand new 25 pitch Mirage plus for sale.

For the record let just put some facts out there.
Since OSO has banned Chris Straub in 2014.....It looks like some are still the same miserable people they have always been and will always be while Straub Tech has grown into a very nice shop that they film the www.engineperformanceexpo.com show at with guest like Tony Bischoff, Jon Kaase, Warren Johnson, Vic Hill, Scooter Brothers, Gary Stinnet, Roy Johnson, Ben Strader and many othersl!!! There is an Open door policy at Straub Tech if you want to stop in and see it for your self with your own eyes. Yes Chris started from a basement office and then a two car garage in October of 2006!!!. Straub Tech is now a Multi Million Dollar business that has and continues to grow. Year after year. The powers that be here at OSO would do well to reconsider the ban they imposed on Chris Straub Long ago.

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Chris, is that you ? Lol. You ever put an impeller in a marine deal without paying someone to do it ? More specifically, how about an exhaust or outdrive ? Thought so. This is crazy. Your calling and texting him and he’s coaching you what to say. Classic.

Anyway…..

So, Don, did you know Mercruisers 400hp Scorpion engine was 383 with rhs heads crane 222/230 at .050” hydraulic roller ? Edit in: i believe cmi headers too, on some.

The haters surely show themselves. Instead of hating. Why don't you tell us about your accomplishments Scott? Oh that's right because you haven't any. All you've done to this thread is try and almost destroy it. You have zero to offer and yet you're still here. Take a hike. Let the grown ups talk. Trust me no one will miss you.

Copy/pasted from straub. Love it. :)

Did you know that about mercs 383 ?

Come on Scott...Make a contribution. Something...Anything positive. Here I have posted what Straub Tech has become since being banned from this board, and here you still are posting the same ol fodder. 16 years of being a professional forum board poster, 12,304 posts on this forum board alone now. Every single one just as useless as the last. Wow what a contribution... Tell us. How did the throttle body spacer pan out for you? You know the one your daddy funded for you. At least Straub has made his own way on his own dime. You are nothing more than what Foxwell is. The bumping of gums, and the pounding of your own chest. Come on Scott tell all of us just how smart and talented you are. Tell us how many millions have you made, and what have you built. We'll wait.

Okay, lets start with your dyno sheet. Its not even from your motor and who knows what its for. And it was built by Foxwell who you said was a hack.
With that being said, I haven't built a Small block in forever, Only Big blocks.
BUT the last SB I built was also a 406
It made
535 HP @ 6250
500 Tq @ 5000

In 1986

And if you'd like. At 5000 RPM it made 477 HP and 500 Torque.

So your dyno sheet shows NOTHING that couldn't be done 36 YEARS ago. Last I checked, technology has slightly improved in that time.
That dyno sheet is the parts picker you want to use? have at it.

While you are waiting, I'd suggest you take yourself to the tech forum on this board and see how many thousand posts that SB has helped people on.
100% more than you have. 100% more than straub ever did.

Oh and the SB leg humper and other hater chimes in that has contributed zero to this and probably any other post he has ever commented on. I guess Zone 5 a pretty desolate place when it comes to mental giants. The dyno sheet was an old dyno sheet from a number of years ago with an even smaller cam then one being used on my engine Einstein. It was posted to show what was being done years ago. Yes since then many things have changed with the exception of the mentality of yourself and SB. A couple of mental giants you are, and it would appear that neither of you are capable of changing. Lets pick and choose our spots to at least try and make ourselves look intelligent.

Yawn.... what else have you got? WE already know that you're either SB posting under another name, or a serious SB leg humper. Come on which is it?

LMFAO. You mean the spacers that gain a ton of power for a low price? I have no idea who funded but who cares. Bill Gates got outside funding too.

Straub all on his own? LMFAO. How about you ask him how he screwed Stef over? How he got all his contacts from Stef's customers and then ran away and went on his own taking them. And there is a LOT more to the story.

yea cause 2018 is a a whopping 4 years ago. Did you miss 36 years ago and a lot more HP. Straub's cam's were, are and always will be garbage. BTW ask him how many "billet" cams he sold that had cast centers.

OMG. LMFAO. Ask 100 people who I am. You have been on this board for a month. Google the user name, or better still just have straub tell you. He's told you everything else to post.

My dad ? Really ? Parents / kids / wives free game here ? Don’t think so.

Go take a look at tech sections with my help.
That’s all I’m gonna say about that.

You’ve shown your true colors and that’s unfortunate.

So lets see, you hate foxwell, but yet you destroyed your own built motor on a failed dyno. Then you fixed it, yet you blew it up again. Then you let straub and foxwell build you this motor and ran 9.1. and you think thats all in the parts picker? straub didn't put a wrench on that engine, the guy you hate did. Oh yea and you said his motor never broke, which says a lot about your lack of engine building skill, and something about his.

Exactly WTH did you come on OSO???
You seem to know everything already anyway??
You are not going to come here and disrespect long standing respected OSO members.

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This is a joke right? Have you bothered to even read any of their posts? Let me fill you in on something. As a Firefighter it is imperative that you are able to get alone with others which I do very well. That is until others act as those they are smarter or better than anyone else. As these two so called long standing respected OSO members. If these two are what you put up as respected members. I'd hate to see what the disrespected members look like or how they act. I think you should go back and actually read the entire thread and see exactly how it has gone without these two long standing respected members input, and then how it goes to hell in a hand bag just as soon as they show up. i actually ask the Admin to delete the thread on two different occasions. If these two are in fact what you consider respected members, You are probably right. This place is not for me. Oh and BTW...You certainly made a positive contribution with your post...Nice freakin Job!! Here's the weird part. I go to certain FB pages and get along just fine because haters are dealt with accordingly. As a matter of fact I got along just fine here. Until your long standing respected members showed up. So tell me...Who in fact is the problem???

you'd be better off and dollars ahead picking what ever hp you want from a sbc.hell,thats all they are doing is coping some else's combo.

https://paceperformance.com/chevy-cr...ong-block.html

Stef and Straub are just fine. Where do you think my oil pan and trans pan came from for my race car, and who do you think got me the deal on them? At least try to stay accurate and current if you're going to hate on someone. It's more than obvious that you and your BB, SB are clueless though. Hard to hide jealousy. SMH.

If you knew anything, you'd know that Griff is a Mod on this board. But hey keep on telling him off. That will work well for you here.

LMAO. You really think straub is gonna tell you that he screwed over his former employer? Stop drinking his koolaid.

Is that supposed to mean something to me? The facts speak for themself, and if Griff had informed himself. He would have known and I wouldn't have had to inform him. As far as Stan from Steff's. I've spoken to him personally. As a matter of fact Stan is coming in to Piney Flatts with his motor home and guess who he'll be hanging out with? You got it. None other than Chris Straub. Hell...I could get Chris to send me the invoices of how much business Strab Tech does with Steff's if that would enlighten you. You see the difference between you and I is I do not work on conjecture and rumors. I operate from facts. You should try it sometime. Then you wouldn't act like the Gray matter lacking individual you do. but then again I hear that gray matter is at a premium out there in Zone 5.

This is getting fun proving all of this BS as false!!!! Why would someone who you supposedly screwed be buying from you?? And been buying from you since 2007!!!! #CLUELESS What a Maroon...What a inbessile...ROTFLMAO!!!!

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WOW. Welcome to OSO. One month and you are now the resident expert on a couple of douche bags that were banned. Mosyt of the old timers here are brilliant when it comes to boats, engines, etc......and especially knowledable about con artists. I can't wait for you to suck 1 gallon of water into your block and hydrolock the engine with your Chris Straub "custom cam".

Oh look...Its another hater crawling out from under yet another rock. You and your cohorts only wish you were as successful as the man you hate so much. How does it feel to walk around carrying Chris Straub in your head rent free? Sheesh and here I thought this place was different than the other forum boards I no longer have nothing to do with. That is very sad though because there are a few here that actually are here to help. Yet Buffoons like yourself, Zone Five and SB go a long way to keep many that would normally have something to offer to avoid this place like the south side of Chicago on a Saturday night. Well you all win. This is not what I came here for, and even though its been fun making some of you look like the BOOBs you really are. It's just not my thing. You 3 have a nice day....We'll cya round with Dyno numbers and speed improvement. All tough none of you need anyone or anything else to make you look more hateful or brain dead than you already do or are.

I think if we told him the sky was blue he would tell us we are wrong.

If you’re going to insult someone, could you at least get the spelling right?🙄

I miss the old days, this thread would be 300 pages already....

Any chance you bought the velocity from Chris Sunken?? The previous anemic cam, was that from Bob Madera?

I Like my SBC CMIs with 5inch tails on my Roger Munn motor, its not what's on the outside except for the exhaust.
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This should solve your cam problems...


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Wow! Uh...interesting thread...seems the technical side of things got lost a few times.
Many years ago when I boated on Kansas lakes primarily, I had a friend with a 19' Carlson Signature Series Glastron with a very healthy 383 in it...and that boat ran a 25" Mirage if my memory is correct. NOTHING for hole shot, my buddy was a top speed freak. This was long before GPS but he had a friend with radar gun and that boat ran 68 @ 4800 - 5000 rpm, and with a 200 hp nitrous shot it would hit low 80s at 6000 - 6200. It was scary fun but blew Alpha drives with some regularity.

Donnie D, how's your hole shot? Does it struggle?

The hole shot, and top end RPMs did struggle with the 25 pitch Mirage Plus. I have since changed the prop and I'm now running an older QuickSilver Mirage 23 pitch and the boat really seems to like it. The RPMs picked up to 5400, and the top speed picked up another 2 MPH to 70 MPH. For a tired and not very potent engine. I'm pretty impressed with it. The engine will be coming out after this season, then taken to BES Racing Engines to be updated. I'm collecting parts now and I have a fairly decent stock of what will be used. The cam, lifters and Harland Sharp rockers should be here in the next couple of weeks.
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