THAT is a beautiful boat! And I'm telling you right now, here on the local AZ lakes, it would ROCK! 

Welcome, and have fun with it!

Ray

The oil pressure would concern me. Dealing with the aftermath of a similar issue on that. To quote Lakesonly on my debacle, "Ray, anytime you lose substantial oil pressure, shut it down, and tear it down". GT has some good questions as well. I run about 120-160 on Moo with headers, Pickle, with logs, 110-130 all day long. 

Still trying to understand the "Cobra jet" manifold gaskets. These are not Cobra Jet heads?? What difference would THAT make?

Also, I don't think port matching in the intake side is of any real importance in this case. The 460 Ford heads are genereally very good on the intake side, it's the exhaust side that needs all the attention from what I understand. My D2OE's that were on Moo had substantial exhaust port work done, but only minor blending and contouring on the intake side. Considering the same setup using C9's and getting with Lakesonly on those. (Rivertard is challenging me I think for the Columbus Day get together! News at 11 on what I actually do. Shortblock should be ready this week... ).

If your oil pressure dropped that much, running like crap, pull the engine and at least have the builder take a looksee. Couple of hours to pull the engine, at most. Cost savings if somethings wrong and caught in time, priceless.

Ray

For all intents and purposes, the 429 and the 460 are the same engine. What has happened to the other 3? Something sounds amiss in the setup to me......

Ray

Congratulations Bro!  Hows momma doing?

Ray

Yeah, when is the housewarming anyway??? 

Ray

A lil birdie told me about all this. Do any of them float?

And you have no worries.......if ANYONE is gonna paint them anything embarrassing, it'll be ME.....

Kinda diggin the International! I called my dad to send me pics of his AWD '57 International/Howe Fire truck I'll send ya! Pretty much the same (Well, 'cept his is a huge ass Fire Truck, that is....)

Ray

 

Ray

Proppy and I have been, well, "Negotiating" and "Navigating" over this for some time. Plentiful around me for some reason, but not at the lakes. Is available in Parker and Laughlin tho!  , checked that out first thing! Some of the local gang here want to see me do it first. Sorry to post a thread from the "other" site, but that's where the answers were.

http://www.performanceboats.com/html/forums/showthread.php?t=64183

Pickles blown BBC will be E85. It's kindof on the backburner 'til Moo is fixed and running again and I put together the bread to finish it. Still arguing with myself on Moo............(now that all my visitors have left, I can get the arguement back on. Those people just DIDN'T UNDERSTAND!!!!!!!!) Biggest arguement is cioming from RJ, who does NOT want a huffer on Moo.  kid.

Ray

Did you note the fuel ending unit? hat right there is the trim indicator....

They use the potentiometer from the fuel sender for sending the signal to the gauge....

Pretty backwoods, but very effective, not to mention cheap (meaning inexpensive)...


GT

Just kinda figured that out dragging one out for the pic Glenn. Sooooooo, that means you can just use a fuel level guage as a trim guage? relabel it, of course, Oh this poor lil Sag's in for it!

Ray

Is this what you got Bruce?





Got 2 spares here for ya! 

I don't know that they're inferior to the Hydraulic PD unit, really. Just different. Pretty ingenious, if you ask me. I'd use them on the Twin Jet, but since getting to them for service, etc, once the boat is done, would involve a lot of spelunking in the engine compartment and probably require I be double jointed. Hence, it's going hydraulic PD units (Might as well, it's already set up for 2 other hydraulic pumps for the Bennett tabs and the hatch, what's 2 more?  )

I may put one of them on the Yellow Submarine, however, since  have both nozzles and these layin around here anyway, just to see how well it works.    My Unc had one on his Biesemeyer and loved it.

Ray

Ours do too, sometimes, why we always push off then walk the deck in some cases (I do this all the time regardless, I can fix scratches easier and cheaper than a pump  )

In Texas, everything's supposed to be bigger, so your lakes and rivers must be like 1000 ft deep.....

Ray

I think I remember reading somewhere where someone, half filled the tanks with water and a heavy concentration of detergent, then drove through a neighbor hood with speed bumps several times with shot bags full of brass nuts and bolts. When he got back, he used his already rigged his shop vac with duct tape and several pieces of PVC and then to copper tube to suck it all out........Sounds crazy, but makes kinda sense! 

I'll see if I can find it, wasn't here I don't think.

Ray

OK, I JUST got the voicemail from Rivertard........Weird, but happens when he calls me from his company phone. I think they're screening his calls for approval. Working on putting it into WMV format and posting it!

Funny Shit guys! Who was all the "Moo'er's"??

Sorry I missed it, was a hell weekend to get ANYTHING done with the storms, work, etc. Hoped to make Sunday at least. 

Ray