Jeezuz I hate news like this.

Take care of you and yours! Lord knows I'm pullin for ya.  Been there and done this more than I care to talk about again.

Ray

Since you aren't 15 minutes away from Mooneyham like I am,, might make sense to give them a call and see what advice they can give you.  They have been pretty friendly with me for what little business I have taken to them.

No Answer, but I dropped them an e-mail.

Thanks Barry! 

Ray

Thanks Mike! Since the changeup from an E-85 engine (The idea was scrapped when E-85 was pulled from all the local stations, albeit AFTER my shortblock was done and just waiting on the heads....   ), I need something that was gonna run cool enough, be underdriven, and on pump gas. I think if we stay with the same 514 format, changeup the pistons and/or go with shorter rods, we can hit 8.75:1 or so from the 10.5:1 we have it set up for now.

The shop is argueing they want me to go to 557 or something, and even lower compression and more boost since the 10-71 can easily do it. But it's not their money either, 

THEN there's the MFI debacle. another matter entirely. 

But it WILL WORK! Just killing me having this boat in my garage for a year unrunning..........

So Harry hooked me up with this, and then brings it to me this morning (Thans bro!  ) Much better than the lil 6-71 I was gonna use, and much better condition than the 10-71 littlefield I have.

It's fresh from the Mooneyham shop, but I need to flip the bearing plates and gears front to rear (making the front plate upside down, obviously) to make this work as a rear driven deal.

Anyone have experience clearancing and timing a blower or do I just need to bite the bullet and have a pro do it?









Ray

Too bad I donated all Cin's 50,000 outfits and 200,000 or so shoes.........That woulda been FUN!

Ray

Sorry it took so long to get back to you. No to the factory bushings unless you call a holley kit factory.  O0I think I am going to just invest in a new base plate for it later. Just dont like the idea of running it with a little drip now and then. As for the oring deal also.....no way to mill the shafts.... Thanks for the ideas though....

That drip is exactly what your marine carb is designed NOT to do. Sounds like the baseplate may have been replaced with a non marine version at one time maybe?   

Ray

go figure mark! they said that's the day the world will end, so all the people that decide to goto heaven tomorrow, i guess we got another good year n a half 

Sooooooo, if they're all going to heaven tomorrow, does that mean there won't be any friggin' lake lice on the water Sunday thru 12/12/12?

Ray

Typically pay between $200 and $400 for good pump cores and the Diverter is a bonus for sure , Bought two Complete split bowl Berks today for $400 ttl for example  Tom

PS if you buy it and don't want the pump lemme know

Does that mean I can get a split bowl in trade for my old golden eagle YJ pump??   
 

Ray

"let's all go to the Dumas Walker............."

 

I'm in the aviation business so that's no biggie. Always willing to help out a fellow boater. Noting weird or illegal here lol 

LOL! And it's greatly appreciated! 

It just kinda reminded me of a story years ago, maybe, 96 or 97? Anyway, I was a DSM for Radio Shack in Youngstown, Ohio, and a friend, former manager of mine who was now a DSM in Cleveland called me on a Wednesday morning absolutely frantic asking me how many store manager trainees I had ready to go.

Apparently, and some may remember the news headlines about this, several RS stores and employees were involved in a cocaine smuggling ring using Fedex and the Tandy Corp corporate account to do it. Anyway, he got a call from the DEA that a sting operation had resulted in the arrest of some 17 people, all RS employees and managers, and they needed him to come lock the doors on 3 of his stores...........hence the duress phone call.......was an exciting 3 or 4 weeks without going into all the details, LMAO!

Ray

As a side note, me being me, when said DSM, several months later, had to get on stage to give a Human Resources presentation to some 1200 Store managers at an annual meeting, the RSM and I arranged to have a Fedex guy deliver him a package on stage..........

That would work! Lemme work on this a bit........

Not gonna ask how or why.......I'm afraid of the answer.......

Ray

Done bro!

Thanks again! I owe you yet another one.......

Seems I'm stashing parts all over SoCal again.......

Ray

well the wife is kinda liking swamp thang so that might be the winner. any more ideas would be great. thank you guys you are all great

THAT......would worry me a little.........

Swamp A$$
Swamp Gas
Swam me
Got Corona?
Lettuce Play

I need beer...........

Ray