Anyone recommend a shop in Bakersfield that can help out with my 77 Tahiti cruiser? I have a lot of changes to make and would like a pro for some of he work ahead!

Hey guys I'm new to boats and this forum! I have a 21' Tahiti mini day cruiser with a 460 in it. Motor seems to be stock with rpm intake, holly 750 dp, logs and snails and an hei. I recently took it out to buena vista lake and it ran good! Towards the end of the day I wanted to see what it had for top end and ran it hard for about 20 seconds. After the run I pulled into the doc to load the boat and heard what sounded like a exhaust leak. I open the engine compartment and it sounded as the noise was coming from the lifter valley. I got home fired it up again and no noise! As me being a chevy guy I'm in the dark trying to rebuild this 460 if something is going south! I have a 454 that's around 750hp on race gas that I would like to swap out with! Is this to much motor for the boat or is this a possibility? Also is race gas engines temperamental in boats?


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