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Engine Mechanical / Electrical / Oil pan question
« on: February 08, 2009, 05:36:41 PM »
I have a stock oil pan on a 454 motor that i'm going to drop in my jet boat. I'm going to put a jet boat pan on first but with the motor now just sitting where it goes it looks like its almost going to sit real ,real close to the floor of the boat . the pan now is 7 3/4 deep. How much clearance do you usually end up with from the bottom of the pan to the floor of the boat. How deep is the average jet boat pan. I found an 8" deep pan but not sure if it will clear. It's hard to tell until i mount the motor. Can anyone give me some insight on this. I'm going on how the drive shaft lines up with the PTO from the pump. thanks Gary. and yes Jim I will rent your jig when I mount the motor to the rails....

(lol) Jim, I will be getting a hold of you to check on the mounts you have ,drive line and small stuff I still need,thanks also I'm sure I will want to rent the jig from you to set my motor up. I do only want to do the major set up only once, I can only AFFORD to do it once. I don't like dealing with last minute problems when I think I can just launch the boat and just go have fun. Thank's again for all your comments and advice, without them I would be dead in the water putting this boat together.Plus who are you going to believe when they try to give you there advice. I feel real confident that the advice I get from here is the best I can get because you guys are really into your boats and really go into depth on your motors and everything else you do to your boats. Jim I'll get a hold of you soon ....gary Just saw the jig thats awesome !!! can you put some pics of the rail kit and 4 point mounts on here for me to see?
and I'm not far from you. let me know