Coming to ypu live from lake mead the wind chilled out enough to seat some rings made about 30 mins of rpm changes and cool down periods...hit the go pedal twice and she pulled hard....go home readjust valves and another compression test, check oil...

 Way to go Josh motor sounds pretty pissed off cant wait to see what its going to do.  

On the initial tune of the motor we have it set up fat and happy...better safe then sorry...cant wait to read a plug...im not even breaking into where this motor wants to run at, but that will change...over time...im really happy with how it ran even though my nerves were through the roof the whole time...constantly checking shit...all in all it was nice being back on the water in my own pyle....

So today I read the plugs and they all looked consistant as far as color goes...everything seemed pretty wet, and definately rich...the color change on the electrode was in the middle of the bend and the threads telling me more timing, but one thing that kind of baffled me was 1,3,5,7 had more oil on the threads where 2,4,6,8 didnt seem to...definately a little rich...still need to check oil, but from what I seen under the valve covers looks good...the zalt oil I am extremely happy with...it seems to stick on everything really well...also I warmed the motor up today and started checking lash and everything seemed to really loosen up, but that is to be expected...all in all im really happy with this motor...at idle after warm up it holds about 60 psi...cold idle is just under 75 psi...i have a 10 quart pan and I am running 9 quarts with dual filters...dont think I need more oil...guess this is just a breakdown of my observations with the first test run, and about 1 hour on new motor....

If you see anything that raises a red flag lemme know

Also first compression test all cylinders were within 3psi of each other....

Just want to make sure I am doing the right thing

Just my humble opinion...Or even just an out loud thought.    

One head could be getting warmer/ cooler than the other, which could totally explain the oil up the threads of the plug deal. Without good water control (few if any jets do) it is difficult to regulate even flow through the heads...

I have seen this before on a small Chevy and I knew that the odd head ran cooler by almost 20*F...I never worried about it and it is sitting on my garage floor in running condition with a bunch of hours on it....

Sounds bitchen BTW 

GT

Sounds great Josh You are doing good by checking things out and double checking

You know honestly after owning a few jet boats with bbf's I will never talk badly about them...its just that I prefer a chebby with the dizzy on the proper end....one things for sure I will never own olds, but being a chevy guy I wont knock the blue oval...except their cylinder heads....all in all I just enjoy jet boating...one of the few things im passionate about

: But have to agree with ya on the olds deal tho,    bet that will open up a can of worms  LOL

glass cutter will be along soon

I have all three and really can't bitch about any of them! Spent a lot of time this summer in Pickle (Chebbie) and the Charger (Olds). Neither as fast or quick as Moo was, but neither was built the same way either. Charger's getting a solid refresh and updates over the winter while the guys get busy on the Shrimpin boat (They been slacking). Pickles staying the way she is or being sold.

I'd give a nut to see what Nordies new momo would do in Pickle tho! 

Ray

I have a chevy and a ford.....and in my book, a chevy has the dizzy on the wrong end. Timing a chevy is a bitch. you gotta reach over the motor to turn it. On the ford, its right there.

<--------feels the same

well we might as well fire this topic back up again lol! today i got home from work and prepped the shop to pull the motor only to realize i didnt have an engine stand, so tomorrow after work i am going to run to storage and get a real stand and pull the motor...but i did make sure to get the swamp cooler up and running today, so i'll be inside in nice cool air!

she's on the injury list  no oil pressure, and some lower end banging