Great lookin boat, good luck with it.

For some reason, I have know outgoing messages, in my PM's. I've got a bunch of "inbox" but no replies in the "outbox"?  Is that normal, or is mine messed up?

Thanks guys. I pictured the build over a 2-3 year period, to skim funding (checking account).  I'll have to make it through May, then my budget, hopefully opens up.

Sorry to leave ya hangen, but part of the reason I was curious about the shape of your keel is beacuse I think there is some performance to be had in you pump setup.  I've been lookin real hard at E pumps latley (my CVX20 has one), and i think Duane was/is really on to something with his ride plate and shoe kit.  Typically E pumps are installed high in relation to the keel so the sides of the intake don't stick down.  On a rounded keel this brings the mouth of the intake aprox 1/2" up from the keel, on Taylors I hear its even worse.  Ervan Capps told me Duanes kit works dreams on Taylors.
 
Anyway, mabey i'll start an E pump thred in the jet section.  Don't wanna get off track again this threds no over yet.

Josh, who's Duane?

I'm glad you have seen the light on this. I read this thread last week and decided to sign up just to give you my .02. But it look's like you decided correctly. You can get a ton of HP/Trq out of a stroker small block.

Rather you choose a 383, 408 or a  406 (.030 over bore 400) with the correct set of heads and the right cam and intake you can make some very good number's.



That's a copy of a 409" Ford Windsor that I had built a few yrs back. It might be more power than you are looking for , but something in the hp 585-600 range is not out of the question for a 406 or 408 smblk Chevy wth the right parts choosen for the job

Sleeper CP 19

Big Inch Ford Lover

What recipe would you have for a 585-600 hp SBC?  What kind of reliability could I expect from a motor like this?

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Rounded.

Sounds like we grew up in the same era Josh. In the days where a spoiler chopped 2 seconds off a civics 1/4...

As for that Jr. intake I may be buggin ya for it... Someone at work crashed their Cobalt SS and offered me the engine/tranny last week. So I've been buggin Dave about the Jr. he's not so enthusiastic these days.

In my era, spoilers came on 69 Camaro's and civics was a class in highschool.  I'm feeling old...

I've been doing alot of reading in my quest for my SB or BB build.  The majority of what I've read has been saying "Forged H Beam" are the strongest.  I don't know squat about this, but I read pretty good.  I'm sure some of the engine building guru's can tell us why or why not.     Mark

 Been doing some thinking...  Tom, Greg, Undone, I think I've seen the light.  Looked at some of the goods that T&L Engine Development had to offer and some others.  Weight difference between BB & SB is approximately 175lbs.  Thats quite a bit. 408 stroker motor at 510hp and 500 lbs torque, WOW.

Didn't want to jack the fin thread Marcsrollin so heres some pics

Great lookin boat there Josh. Nice and clean, I like that.  Your boat gives me something to aspire to.

http://www.socaljetboats.com/index.php?topic=1784.0

Very cool. Nice clean rigging, i like that alot.