Actually, pretty good, But Terry, system voltage should be in the 13.8 volt range when the boat is running and the alternator excites. You run a magneto and that is a different animal to be sure.

But I would agree the ignition switch could well be the problem, or wiring from it to the coil, or, as stated, the ballast itself is fubar. Simple jumper wire or someone holding a screwdriver across the resistor terminals while you start it should be able to tell you that much. 

All said and done, do you need to charge the battery often playing around with all this? I've found a LOT of problems recently with "tested ok" batteries that were actually junk (my Bluetop Optima being one of 'em)........

Ray

Hell, that must mean my Hardin's and Berks are worth what? a hundo each?     

Ray

yah like sabotage I love it 

LOL I remember an engine I picked up there.......in the end looked like it was hit by a pack of hyena's and vultures before I got it home........don't remember making any money from it though.........

Ray

I could probably pick up also, but I would hate the fact that if you were short parts, ie the heads, I would have to blame the seller, and start a big brouh ha ha

Yeah........... much as I hate to say it Mark, gonna hafta trust the Chebbie guys..............vultures.........lol. .........

Ray

Is it complete with a BBC manifold and a couple underdrive pullies?  My compression is a little high in the current motor 

If I can pick it up this weekend I can get it out to BR.

LOL! No, no manifold. Its a pretty raw 6-71 takeoff I'm gonna fire up the Kira on and try my own hand at gasoline conversion and building with. The heads are aluminum 460's so won't do you any good either. But I DO have a set of blower pistons that should fit your engine nicely! 

Besides, you put a blower on that thing, the peg-legged driver is gonna kick BOTH our asses..........

Ray

Anybody coming through or near Fontana on the way to BR? I got a blower and set of heads in Chris's garage (Filterbiz) That if I don't get out of there soon, I think they're going to make an appearance on his truck......

Ray

Just dont walk on the bow
Fix it this winter
Jet boat season ends Dec 31, 2011 starts Jan 1, 2012
22mins from the river, just sayin'

Daniel
mash on it

LOL True.

I doubt there's any serious structural isaues there from what you're describing and what I'm painting in my lil brain. run it and have fun, take a closer look this winter. 

Ray

Been so busy with other stuff, and finances aren't what they need to be so sad to say, no, not much has been done on the poor thing. I went through the pumps here a few weeks ago, they are indeed rebuilt and ready to go, I had dropped off a few 460 Blocks to the machine shop and they informed those two were ready go go whenever I decided what I was doing for cranks, stroker, etc. The heads I've left here, I think I want to go aluminum in some form on these. Stringers are cut, trimed and ready for install.

My attention gets diverted into something else pretty easily. I'm like a crow, all you gotta do is wave something shiney or topless at me and I'm all over it.....

Part of it has been my attention to rear driving the blower on this 10-71 deal Harry found me, having it disassembled and put together backwards, reclearanced and timed, and I think we got the logistics of all that worked out (No thanks whatsoever to Mooneyham who made the friggin thing despite Matt and Randy's best efforts, BIG thanks to Kimberly Gear in PHX who are more than happy to make any billet blower pulley I could possibly imagine and Sun Devil Superchargers, who I don't think fully understand WHY i wanted this done on a new blower.......   )  I want to see this work in something I'm not going to kill myself in and probably do the same thing twin style with 6-71's and possibly set-back the pumps. Tom and Josh are excited to do the rear plates with integral idler pulley slot (We're going to use rail kits on this).

So the plan is there, once the floor is all in and we start building the interior, etc, I can get a little more excited.   

Ray

RAY  I ant believe you havnt responded to my offfer. the beer is going flat I ve eaten the candy and the cheese sandwich is getting stale. my offer is not going to get better please respond ASAP     

LMAO! BUT, this ones not being painted like a domesticated farm animal though.......

Ray

Did you REALLY expect any less from us ??   


 Come on, you didnt even put up and pics.   You know better than that. 

What? Everybody on here has seen my Pickle!

Ray

Got a line on a  new to me tunnel hull to handle the god musta left his guard down devil inspired Ford that I was gonna throw at it.......Everyone tells me I''m nuts ( which should be nothing new) to toss this in a V-Hull.......sooooo, Hence, I have a line on one, but Pickle's gotta go to afford it......Anyone? Shoot me an offer, and no, fitty bux ain't gonna score it! Tell me what it's worth!

Ray

Well its in! Easy money. Incase anyone was curious. Its a direct swap from a sbo to a bbo. I was a little nervous...  it took me 4 hours to get the bilge cleaned up and all the oil soaked carpet out of there as well as the bilge painted. But she's in

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Good work Daniel! I told Harry it would work fine. 

More FYI. Parts interchangeability, external dimensions are almost ALWAYS universal on BOP engines. Meaning 350 Buicks are the same as 400 and 455 Buicks, same with Pontiac and Olds. A 326 Pontiac head will fit a 455 block. There REALLY is no Big Block/Small Block deal as dramatic as with Chevrolet. 

Another FYI for Pontiac fans, the Olds rear motor plates also fit on Buick and Pontiac engines. And older Cadillac engines as well (Be kinda cool, and actually thought of a jet boat with a 500 or 525 Caddy motor in it.... )

See ya at BR! 

Ray