SoCal Jet Boats
Tech Talk => Engine Mechanical / Electrical => Topic started by: enginedoctor on February 27, 2009, 07:43:15 PM
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My friend Igor....assembled /installed his engine alone . Pic's to follow
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Ya my dad made me proud, was real surprised he did it mostly on his own ;D. Basically he was given all the parts, that were machined, courtesy of Dave aka the engine doctor, and all the rest of the assembly parts. Hell he was even given the valve spring heights, and I made him a little jig so he could measure them and shim accordingly. So he had to even assemble the heads :o Lo and behold when we fired it up the first time, and for the cam breakin, she fired right up. After break in it had about 60psi oil pressure at idle. Yes one thing I forgot to mention was that he even adjusted the valves on the stand, when he had it in the garage. Way to go DAD ;D And a big thanks to Dave for the machine work and advice you gave to my Dad ;D Heres a couple of pics, one of which is Dave helping my Dad fine tune!!!!
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The one thing that wasnt mentioned was that it went into a 65 Impala, not a boat so sorry about it being in the wrong place :screwy:
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I"m proud of him too.....He put his heart into it and the results show it.
ANOTHER THING>> that 283 would be mighty fine in an old boat ;D
Happy cruis'in Igor :)