I have......all is for a 455 olds
455 olds .030 over block 200$
Edelbrock performer intake manifold with edelbrock 750 on it 200$
Hardin marine exhaust logs and snails 150$
Hardin marine valve covers with holes cut out for breathers 75$
Hardin marine motor mounts 100$

I went through this same ordeal. Took to local Arizona MVD and they did an inspection and could not find anything so they told me to make an appt. For a level 2 inspection by a mvd officer. So I took it back for him to look at it and he could not find it either so he assigned me a new vin number. And being as I had zero paperwork I had to get a bonded title to put it into my name. I looked later on and saw where the 4 holes were for the vin on the front driver side of trailer. Looks like whoever re-did the trailer painted it and took off the vin and just filled the holes with bondo and never put the vin back on. Talk about a pain in the arse. Oh and all this cost me about 250 bones

Hey guys wish I could have been a part of this since i live 10 mins from avi.Hopefully next year. Boat wasn't running when this one came about. Anyways just wanted to let you guys know if you haven't already heard.....there was a circus at the Mohave crossing event center which is the building directly across river from the Avi. And a 2 foot gator somehow escaped and made it's way to the river...yikes.lol. Game and fish, Mohave county sheriffs, and a number of other agencies searched for this gator but with no luck. But about a week later some guy was fishing and saw it and they finally captured it. Lol. Was a close call none the less. Having a hungry gator would be no bueno. By the way this was about 2 weeks ago. Today 10/20/10. I know this sounds totally unbelievable but it is 100% true.

Thanks much. I'll post up with pics when I put in the boat. I guess I've got all offseason to tinker on it. Lol. I'm sure more than a handful of ppl will agree. Haha

What I meant was the motor previously ran on 20w50 regular and I was wondering if you can just switch with no negative effects on the motor.

Unfortunately I know very little about the engine. My 455 olds smoked because of the infamous oiling problems. And twas cheaper to buy another engine. So I picked up this 454 out of a guys jet boat. I know the compression was around 130 in all cylinders. Has edelbrock performer intake and 750 holley. Dunno if any of this helps but it's what I do know. Sorry

I'm leaning towards the amsoil because have heard nothing but great things bout it. Or if anybody has any other oil recommendations. And should I go synthetic or regular. It's a 454 in a jet.

Or can I reverse it and put water from the jet to rear bottom of log and have it exit the front of log to the heads? And then from t-stat to snails. Will this work?

I recently pulled my 455 olds and replacing it with a 454 chevy. The logs on my 455 olds have 2 water hookups on front of log and one on bottom of snail. Now my logs for the 454 chevy have only one water hookup on the front of the log and one on bottom at rear of log and one on bottom of snail. How do I route the water lines now???